Abstract: This paper drab, with simultaneous momentum flux observations from four towers placed at different depths along a shore-normal line at the west end of Lake Ontario, Canada. The towers were at nominal depths of 12, 8, 4, ...

Abstract: It is proposed that the sea surface be studied in a way that takes into account the observed groupiness of wind-generated waves. A new method of analysis to study the directional properties of the surface is developed. It ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to assess the directional spectrum resolution qualities of the pitch-roll-heave National Data Buoy Center-Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment (NDBC-SWADE) 3-m discus ...

Abstract: Recent experiments measuring turbulence dissipation rates in the upper ocean can be divided into two types: those supporting an analogy between the upper ocean and lower atmosphere, with dissipation rates following wall ...

Abstract: This paper gives a general overview of two ocean wave experiments. The experimental goals of the Surface Wave Processes Program (SWAPP) and of the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment (SWADE) are quite different but complementary. ...

Abstract: own-looking laser altimeters are commonly used to measure the sea surface elevation. However, because the laser radiation is attenuated by spray droplets suspended along the transmission path, it is presumed that altimeters ...

Abstract: We present the results of an analysis of field data collected by Donelan who used a miniature drag sphere to measure velocities beneath wind waves on Lake Ontario. Linear statistical techniques are used to separate the ...

Abstract: During the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment (SWADE), the swath ship Frederick G. Creed was equipped with an array of wave staffs for the estimation of wave directional spectra. This paper reports on the first such estimates ...

Abstract: A remote sensing method to measure directional oceanic surface waves by three laser altimeters on the NOAA LongEZ aircraft is investigated. To examine feasibility and sensitivity of the wavelet analysis method to various ...

Abstract: The dissipation of kinetic energy at the surface of natural water bodies has important consequences for many Physical and biochemical processes including wave dynamics, gas transfer, mixing of nutrients and pollutants, and ...