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Measurements of the interaction of wave groups with shorter wind-generated wavesFields of statistically steady wind-generated waves produced in a wind wave facility were perturbed by the injection of groups of longer, mechanically generated waves with various slopes. The time histories of the surface displacements were measured at four fetches in ensembles consisting of 100 realizations of each set of experimental conditions; the data were stored and analyzed digitally. Four distinct stages in the overall interaction are identified and characterized. The properties of the wave energy front are documented, and a preliminary discussion is given of the dynamic processes involved in its formation.
Document ID
19930037048
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Chu, Jacob S.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Long, Steven R.
(NASA Wallops Flight Center Wallops Island, VA, United States)
Phillips, O. M.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
ISSN: 0022-1120
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
93A21045
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-90-J-1450
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-90-J-1482
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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