Ocean wave spectrum properties as derived from quasi-exact computations of nonlinear wave-wave interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gagnaire Renou, E ^a,b,c   Benoit, M ^a,b   Forget, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVES; WAVES;

APPROXIMATION METHODS; CENTRAL PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIRECTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRUM; DISCRETE INTERACTION; ENERGY LEVEL; EXACT COMPUTATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FORCING TERMS; FOUR-WAVE INTERACTIONS; GAUSSIAN QUADRATURES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN WAVE SPECTRA; OCEAN WAVES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PEAK FREQUENCIES; PEAK PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; RESEARCH MODELS; SEA STATE; SELF-SIMILAR; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; WIND INPUT;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE SPECTRUM; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 78650257442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005665     Document Type: Article

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