A Study Of Wind Waves Including Wave Formation, Types Of Wind Waves, Wave Breaking, Air Wave Theory, And Wind Wave Model

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In fluid dynamics, wind waves or, more precisely, wind-generated waves are surface waves that occur on the free surface ... Read more

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In fluid dynamics, wind waves or, more precisely, wind-generated waves are surface waves that occur on the free surface of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and canals or even on small puddles and ponds. They usually result from the wind blowing over a vast enough stretch of fluid surface. Some waves in the oceans can travel thousands of miles before reaching land. Wind waves range in size from small ripples to huge rogue waves. Wind waves in the ocean are called ocean surface waves. This book studies wind waves including wave height, wave propagation, swell, the Stokes drift, and shallow water equations.

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