Quasilinear approximation for the spectrum of wind-generated water waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112082001736zbMath0487.76024MaRDI QIDQ3948736

Peter A. E. M. Janssen

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

quasilinear approximationasymptotic equilibriummultiple-time-scale methodcurvature of wind profile at critical height negativeeffects on air flowMiles' theory of wind-wave generationslow time dependence of wave energy and air speedslowly varying energy density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Cites Work

• On the generation of surface waves by shear flows
• The equilibrium range in the spectrum of wind-generated waves
• Physical interpretation of the mathematical theory of wave generation by wind

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