Modulation by swell of waves and wave groups on the ocean

DOI10.1017/S002211208200024XzbMath0488.76020OpenAlexW2106708569MaRDI QIDQ3950159

Peter J. Bryant

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211208200024x

zbMATH Keywords

linear stability analysislinear dispersionwave breakingmodulational instabilityuniform depthpermanent wavesswelldynamics of oceanscyclic recurrence phenomenonLake and Yuen's modelside-band modulationsmall nonlinear interactionswave groups of permanent envelopewind system of long fetch and duration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

Cites Work

• Nonlinear Wave Groups in Deep Water
• Stability of periodic waves in shallow water
• A transport-equation description of nonlinear ocean surface wave interactions
• Non-linear dispersion of water waves

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