Breaking and Dissipation of Ocean Surface Waves.

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Author / Creator:Babanin, Alexander V., 1960-
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (480 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Ocean waves -- Measurement.
Ocean waves -- Simulation methods.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Oceans & Seas.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography.
Ocean waves -- Measurement.
Ocean waves -- Simulation methods.
Electronic books.
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Notes:8 Non-dissipative effects of breaking on the wave field.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-460) and index.
English.
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Summary:Outlines the state of the art in our understanding of wave breaking for researchers, modellers, engineers and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology and ocean engineering.
Other form:Print version: Babanin, Alexander. Breaking and Dissipation of Ocean Surface Waves. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107001589
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505 0 |a Cover; BREAKING AND DISSIPATION OF OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; Title; Copyright; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Wave breaking: the process that controls wave energy dissipation; 1.2 Concept of wave breaking; 2 Definitions for wave breaking; 2.1 Breaking onset; 2.2 Breaking in progress; 2.3 Residual breaking; 2.4 Classification of wave-breaking phases; 2.5 Breaking probability (frequency of occurrence); 2.6 Dispersion relationship; 2.7 Breaking severity; 2.8 Types of breaking waves: plunging, spilling and micro-breaking; 2.9 Criteria for breaking onset; 2.10 Radiative transfer equation. 
505 8 |a 3 Detection and measurement of wave breaking3.1 Early observations of wave breaking, and measurements of whitecap coverage of ocean surface; 3.2 Traditional means (visual observations); 3.3 Contact measurements; 3.4 Laboratory measurements in deterministic wave fields; 3.5 Acoustic methods; 3.6 Remote sensing (radar, optical and infrared techniques); 3.7 Analytical methods of detecting breaking events in surface elevation records; 3.8 Statistical methods for quantifying breaking probability and dissipation. 
505 8 |a 4 Fully nonlinear analytical theories for surface waves and numerical simulations of wave breaking4.1 Free surface at the wave breaking; 4.1.1 Simulating the evolution of nonlinear waves to breaking; 4.1.2 Simulation of the breaking onset; 4.1.3 Influence of wind and initial steepness; 4.2 Lagrangian nonlinear models; 5 Wave-breaking probability; 5.1 Initially monochromatic waves; 5.1.1 Evolution of nonlinear waves to breaking; 5.1.2 Measurement of the breaking onset; limiting steepness at breaking; 5.1.3 Laboratory investigation of wind influence; 5.1.4 Distance to the breaking. 
505 8 |a 5.2 Wave-breaking threshold5.3 Spectral waves; 5.3.1 Breaking probability of dominant waves; 5.3.2 Breaking probability of small-scale waves; 5.3.3 Breaking in directional wave fields; 5.3.4 Wind-forcing effects, and breaking threshold in terms of wind speed; 6 Wave-breaking severity; 6.1 Loss of energy by an initially monochromatic steep wave; 6.2 Dependence of the breaking severity on wave field spectral properties; 7 Energy dissipation across the wave spectrum; 7.1 Theories of breaking dissipation; 7.1.1 Probability, quasi-saturated and whitecap models; 7.1.2 Kinetic-dynamic model. 
505 8 |a 7.2 Simulating the wave dissipation in phase-resolvent models7.3 Measurements of the wave dissipation of spectral waves; 7.3.1 Laboratory measurements; 7.3.2 Difference in the spectral distribution of dissipation due to different types of breaking mechanisms; 7.3.3 Field measurements; 7.3.4 Cumulative effect; 7.3.5 Whitecapping dissipation at extreme wind forcing; 7.3.6 Directional distribution of the whitecapping dissipation; 7.4 Whitecapping dissipation functions in spectral models for wave forecasting; 7.5 Non-breaking spectral dissipation. 
500 |a 8 Non-dissipative effects of breaking on the wave field. 
520 |a Outlines the state of the art in our understanding of wave breaking for researchers, modellers, engineers and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology and ocean engineering. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-460) and index. 
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