On the interaction of wind and extreme gravity waves due to modulational instability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Touboul, J ^a   Kharif, C ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Flow instability; Gravity waves; Numerical analysis; Wind

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

FLOW INSTABILITY; FREAK WAVES; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

EID: 33750591948     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2374845     Document Type: Article

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