Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface
The breaking probability is investigated for the dominant surface waves observed in three geographically diverse natural bodies of water: Lake Washington, the Black Sea, and the Southern Ocean. The breaking probability is taken as the average number of breaking waves passing a fixed point per wave p...
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ftswinburne:tle:94c6420a-b009-4aa9-92fe-fddc51a98a16:28f49f06-0da8-44be-9edc-ad1dd0a9c582:1 2023-05-15T18:25:10+02:00 Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface Banner, Michael L. Babanin, Alexander V. Young, Ian R. Swinburne University of Technology 2000 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/4989 https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030%3C3145:BPFDWO%3E2.0.CO;2 unknown American Meteorological Society http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/4989 https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030%3C3145:BPFDWO%3E2.0.CO;2 Copyright © 2000 American Meteorological Society Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 30, no. 12 (2000), pp. 3145-3160 Journal article 2000 ftswinburne https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030%3C3145:BPFDWO%3E2.0.CO;2 2019-09-08T00:56:10Z The breaking probability is investigated for the dominant surface waves observed in three geographically diverse natural bodies of water: Lake Washington, the Black Sea, and the Southern Ocean. The breaking probability is taken as the average number of breaking waves passing a fixed point per wave period. The data covered a particularly wide range of dominant wavelengths (3–300 m) and wind speeds (5–20 m s−1). In all cases, the wave breaking events were detected visually. It was found that the traditional approach of relating breaking probability to the wind speed or wave age provided reasonable correlations within individual datasets, but when the diverse datasets are combined, these correlations are significantly degraded. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Swinburne University of Technology: Swinburne Research Bank Southern Ocean |
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The breaking probability is investigated for the dominant surface waves observed in three geographically diverse natural bodies of water: Lake Washington, the Black Sea, and the Southern Ocean. The breaking probability is taken as the average number of breaking waves passing a fixed point per wave period. The data covered a particularly wide range of dominant wavelengths (3–300 m) and wind speeds (5–20 m s−1). In all cases, the wave breaking events were detected visually. It was found that the traditional approach of relating breaking probability to the wind speed or wave age provided reasonable correlations within individual datasets, but when the diverse datasets are combined, these correlations are significantly degraded. |
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Banner, Michael L. Babanin, Alexander V. Young, Ian R. |
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Banner, Michael L. Babanin, Alexander V. Young, Ian R. Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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Banner, Michael L. Babanin, Alexander V. Young, Ian R. |
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Banner, Michael L. |
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Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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Breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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breaking probability for dominant waves on the sea surface |
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American Meteorological Society |
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2000 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/4989 https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030%3C3145:BPFDWO%3E2.0.CO;2 |
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Southern Ocean |
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Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 30, no. 12 (2000), pp. 3145-3160 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/4989 https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030%3C3145:BPFDWO%3E2.0.CO;2 |
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