Can swell increase the number of freak waves in a wind sea?

DOI10.1017/S0022112009993491zbMath1189.76087MaRDI QIDQ3573289

O. Gramstad, Karsten Trulsen

Publication date: 30 June 2010

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35)

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