On the wind-induced growth of slow water waves of finite steepness

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2008, Pages 243-274

  Peirson, William I ^a   Garcia, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FLUID MECHANICS;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; GROWTH DYNAMICS; LABORATORY DATUM; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PREDICTED GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SHORT WIND WAVES; TANGENTIAL STRESS;

WATER WAVES;

GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER WAVE; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 48049098736     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200800205X     Document Type: Article

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