Author: Association de recherche Action des éléments (France)Publisher: Editions TECHNIP
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Wave and Wind Directionality
Author: Association de recherche Action des éléments (France)Publisher: Editions TECHNIP
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Wind Generated Ocean Waves
Author: I.R. YoungPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080543804
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The goals of wind wave research are relatively well defined: to be able to predict the wind wave field and its effect on the environment. That environment could be natural (beaches, the atmosphere etc.) or imposed by human endeavour (ports, harbours, coastal settlements etc.). Although the goals are similar, the specific requirements of these various fields differ considerably. This book attempts to summarise the current state of this knowledge and to place this understanding into a common frame work. It attempts to take a balanced approach between the pragmatic engineering view of requiring a short term result and the scientific quest for detailed understanding. Thus, it attempts to provide a rigorous description of the physical processes involved as well as practical predictive tools.
Ocean Wave Modeling
Author: The SWAMP GroupPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475760558
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Early in 1979, a group of wave researchers proposed a wave model inter comparison study to clarify the interrelations existing among the various wave models which have been developed in past years for real-time wave forecasting, wave statistics compilations, or hindcast case studies. The idea was immediately welcomed by the wave modeling community, and, finally, nine wave modeling groups from the United States, Japan, and Europe participated in the exercise. The principal results of this work are presented here jointly by the Sea Wave Modeling Project (swAMP) Group (the members of which are listed in Appendix A). Descriptions of the models used in the study are given in Part II of this volume. A more complete documentation of the entire set of numerical experiments is given in Part 2 of the Sea Wave Modeling Project (SWAMP group, 1982). The main purpose of the intercomparison study was to test our present understanding of the physics of . wind-generated surface waves from the viewpoint of wave modeling. Specifically, we wished to clarify the basic interdependence between understanding the physics of surface waves, repre senting the physics numerically, and predicting quantitatively the detailed space-time evolution of a two-dimensional surface wave spectrum for a given wind field. It was not our intent to carry out a model competition. In this sense there were no winners or losers: all models could claim specific strong points, and all displayed weaknesses in some areas.
Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters
Author: Leo H. HolthuijsenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139462520
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters describes the observation, analysis and prediction of wind-generated waves in the open ocean, in shelf seas, and in coastal regions with islands, channels, tidal flats and inlets, estuaries, fjords and lagoons. Most of this richly illustrated book is devoted to the physical aspects of waves. After introducing observation techniques for waves, both at sea and from space, the book defines the parameters that characterise waves. Using basic statistical and physical concepts, the author discusses the prediction of waves in oceanic and coastal waters, first in terms of generalised observations, and then in terms of the more theoretical framework of the spectral energy balance. He gives the results of established theories and also the direction in which research is developing. The book ends with a description of SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore), the preferred computer model of the engineering community for predicting waves in coastal waters.
Directional Wind Wave Characteristics at Harvest Platform
Author: Charles E. LongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frequency spectra
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The effects of wind wave directionality on the radar imaging of ocean swell
Author: Francisco Javier Ocampo TorresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Three-parameter Characterization of Shallow-water Directional Wind Wave Spectra
Author: Charles Edward LongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ocean waves
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Wind, Waves and Swell
Author: The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind
Author: Peter JanssenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521465400
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book was published in 2004. The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind describes in detail the two-way interaction between wind and ocean waves and shows how ocean waves affect weather forecasting on timescales of 5 to 90 days. Winds generate ocean waves, but at the same time airflow is modified due to the loss of energy and momentum to the waves; thus, momentum loss from the atmosphere to the ocean depends on the state of the waves. This volume discusses ocean wave evolution according to the energy balance equation. An extensive overview of nonlinear transfer is given, and as a by-product the role of four-wave interactions in the generation of extreme events, such as freak waves, is discussed. Effects on ocean circulation are described. Coupled ocean-wave, atmosphere modelling gives improved weather and wave forecasts. This volume will interest ocean wave modellers, physicists and applied mathematicians, and engineers interested in shipping and coastal protection.
Techniques for Forecasting Wind Waves and Swell
Author: United States. Hydrographic OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waves
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description