Breaking and Dissipation of Ocean Surface Waves

ISBN-13: 9781108454773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 477 str.

Alexander Babanin

Opis

Outlines the state of the art in our understanding of wave breaking for researchers, modellers, engineers and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology and ocean engineering.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Definitions for the wave breaking; 3. Detection and measurements of the wave breaking; 4. Fully non-linear analytical theories for surface waves and numerical simulations of the wave breaking; 5. Wave breaking probability; 6. Wave breaking severity; 7. Energy dissipation across the wave spectrum; 8. Non-dissipative effects of the breaking on the wave field; 9. Role of wave breaking in the air-sea interaction; 10. Conclusions: what else do we need to know about the wave breaking?; References; Index.