Improved linear representation of ocean surface waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112089001977zbMath0675.76012MaRDI QIDQ3830670

Frank S. Henyey, Dennis B. Creamer, Roy Schult, Jon Wright

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian structure; linear dynamics; surface potential; surface elevation; irrotational, surface gravity waves; lowest-order nonlinearities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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