Lagrangian moments and mass transport in Stokes waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112087001654zbMath0629.76017OpenAlexW2169721483MaRDI QIDQ3766991

Michael S. Longuet-Higgins

Publication date: 1987

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112087001654

zbMATH Keywords

remote sensingdeep waterwave steepnessregular Stokes waveStokes waves of finite amplitudevertical orbital displacements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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