Abstract: This is the second part of a two-part investigation of a coupled wind and wave model that includes the enhanced form drag of breaking waves. The model is based on the wave energy balance and the conservation of air-side ...

Abstract: This is the first of a two-part investigation of a coupled wind and wave model that includes the enhanced form drag of breaking waves. In Part I here the model is developed and applied to mature seas. Part II explores the ...

Abstract: ccurate predictions of the sea state?dependent air?sea momentum flux require a thorough understanding of the wave boundary layer turbulence over surface waves. A set of momentum and energy equations is derived to formulate ...

Abstract: Nonlinearity and directionality of an evolving open-ocean surface wave field are investigated under increasing wind forcing. In addition to the frequency wave elevation spectrum, the frequency wave slope spectrum, the ...

Abstract: The mean wind profile and the Charnock coefficient, or drag coefficient, over mature seas are investigated. A model of the wave boundary layer, which consists of the lowest part of the atmospheric boundary layer that is ...

Abstract: A description of a new scanning laser slope gauge (SLSG) is given and the results obtained from both laboratory wind-wave tank and field measurements are presented. The device relies on the measurements of two components ...

Abstract: In this paper, the wind?wave?current interaction mechanisms in tropical cyclones and their effect on the surface wave and ocean responses are investigated through a set of numerical experiments. The key element of the ...

Abstract: arge-eddy simulation (LES) is used to investigate how dominant breaking waves in the ocean under hurricane-force winds affect the drag and near-surface airflow turbulence. The LES explicitly resolves the wake turbulence ...

Abstract: Under high-wind conditions, breaking surface waves likely play an important role in the air?sea momentum flux. A coupled wind?wave model is developed based on the assumption that in the equilibrium range of surface wave ...

Abstract: he effects of breaking waves on near-surface wind turbulence and drag coefficient are investigated using large-eddy simulation. The impact of intermittent and transient wave breaking events (over a range of scales) is ...