Vortex generation by deep-water breaking waves

DOI10.1017/jfm.2013.453zbMath1294.76078OpenAlexW2124297739MaRDI QIDQ2878448

W. K. Melville, Nick E. Pizzo

Publication date: 29 August 2014

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.453

zbMATH Keywords

wave breakingvortex flowsair/sea interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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