On some consequences of the canonical transformation in the Hamiltonian theory of water waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 637, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-44

  Janssen, Peter A E M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE WATERS;

CANONICAL TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY CORRECTION; GENERAL EXPRESSION; INFRA-GRAVITY WAVES; MEAN SQUARE SLOPES; SECOND ORDER EFFECT; SECOND-ORDER THEORY; WAVE-INDUCED CURRENTS;

WATER WAVES;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WAVE; WAVE FIELD; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 70349090196     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009008131     Document Type: Article

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