Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters
Breaking waves are a ubiquitous phenomenon of the world's oceans. They disrupt the aqueous boundary layer causing surface renewal, thereby enhancing the diffusion of gases and heat across the air-sea interface. Breaking waves are also responsible for the dissipation of wave energy and thus dire...
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ftdtic:ADA442938 2023-05-15T18:25:31+02:00 Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters Scott, Nicholas V. Hara, Tetsu Hwang, Paul A. Walsh, Edward J. NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV 2004-08 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA442938 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA442938 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA442938 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN WAVES *OBSERVATION *STATISTICS SURFACE WAVES TOPOGRAPHY WAVE PROPAGATION BROADBAND SLOPE AMPLITUDE WAVELET TRANSFORMS STEEP WAVES SLOPE THRESHOLDS BREAKING WAVE STATISTICS WAVELET ANALYSIS BREAKING WAVES NONLINEARITY SOWEX(SOUTHERN OCEAN WAVE EXPERIMENT) PE61153N 73-8190-04-5 Text 2004 ftdtic 2016-02-22T02:34:21Z Breaking waves are a ubiquitous phenomenon of the world's oceans. They disrupt the aqueous boundary layer causing surface renewal, thereby enhancing the diffusion of gases and heat across the air-sea interface. Breaking waves are also responsible for the dissipation of wave energy and thus directly affect the evolution of the wind-wave spectrum. With advances in technology, new direct observations of the two-dimensional spatial surface wave topography have been made. These data allow for the opportunity to go beyond linear analysis and study the nonlinearity of the surface wave field, in particular the statistics of steep and breaking waves. Presented at the Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere (13th) held in Portland, ME on 9-13 Aug 2004. Sponsored in party by the National Science Foundation Grant No. OCE0002314. Prepared in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, Univ. of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI and NASA/Goddard Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, Wallops Island, VA. Text Southern Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Southern Ocean |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN WAVES *OBSERVATION *STATISTICS SURFACE WAVES TOPOGRAPHY WAVE PROPAGATION BROADBAND SLOPE AMPLITUDE WAVELET TRANSFORMS STEEP WAVES SLOPE THRESHOLDS BREAKING WAVE STATISTICS WAVELET ANALYSIS BREAKING WAVES NONLINEARITY SOWEX(SOUTHERN OCEAN WAVE EXPERIMENT) PE61153N 73-8190-04-5 |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN WAVES *OBSERVATION *STATISTICS SURFACE WAVES TOPOGRAPHY WAVE PROPAGATION BROADBAND SLOPE AMPLITUDE WAVELET TRANSFORMS STEEP WAVES SLOPE THRESHOLDS BREAKING WAVE STATISTICS WAVELET ANALYSIS BREAKING WAVES NONLINEARITY SOWEX(SOUTHERN OCEAN WAVE EXPERIMENT) PE61153N 73-8190-04-5 Scott, Nicholas V. Hara, Tetsu Hwang, Paul A. Walsh, Edward J. Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN WAVES *OBSERVATION *STATISTICS SURFACE WAVES TOPOGRAPHY WAVE PROPAGATION BROADBAND SLOPE AMPLITUDE WAVELET TRANSFORMS STEEP WAVES SLOPE THRESHOLDS BREAKING WAVE STATISTICS WAVELET ANALYSIS BREAKING WAVES NONLINEARITY SOWEX(SOUTHERN OCEAN WAVE EXPERIMENT) PE61153N 73-8190-04-5 |
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Breaking waves are a ubiquitous phenomenon of the world's oceans. They disrupt the aqueous boundary layer causing surface renewal, thereby enhancing the diffusion of gases and heat across the air-sea interface. Breaking waves are also responsible for the dissipation of wave energy and thus directly affect the evolution of the wind-wave spectrum. With advances in technology, new direct observations of the two-dimensional spatial surface wave topography have been made. These data allow for the opportunity to go beyond linear analysis and study the nonlinearity of the surface wave field, in particular the statistics of steep and breaking waves. Presented at the Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere (13th) held in Portland, ME on 9-13 Aug 2004. Sponsored in party by the National Science Foundation Grant No. OCE0002314. Prepared in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, Univ. of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI and NASA/Goddard Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, Wallops Island, VA. |
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Scott, Nicholas V. Hara, Tetsu Hwang, Paul A. Walsh, Edward J. |
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Scott, Nicholas V. Hara, Tetsu Hwang, Paul A. Walsh, Edward J. |
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Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters |
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Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters |
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Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters |
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Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters |
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observations of steep wave statistics in open ocean waters |
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