Abstract: The physics of wind input in the Wave Ocean Model (WAM) cycle 4 is based on scaling with the friction velocity u?. This implies that in the case of fetch-limited wind-wave growth, universal scaling laws should follow if ...

Abstract: The effect of a wave-dependent drag coefficient on the generation of storm surge in the North Sea is studied. To this end, a barotropic storm surge model is driven by stress that explicitly depend on the ocean waves. To ...

Abstract: With video equipment and image processing software the authors have measured the whitecap coverage of the sea surface near the Dutch coast. Reality proved the initial idea about the simplicity of this way of whitecap ...

Abstract: A solution of Rayleigh?s instability equation, which circumvents the apparent critical-layer singularity, is provided. The temporal and spatial growth rates of water waves exposed to a logarithmic wind profile are calculated ...

Abstract: n a parallel paper mainly focused on the meteorological and oceanographic aspects, the conditions were described for the storm during which the iconic Draupner wave was recorded. Because of increased spatial resolution and ...

Abstract: The surface-drag coefficients of two versions of the ECMWF's atmosphere?wave model are compared with those of uncoupled model versions and with those of inertial-dissipation measurements in the open ocean made by the RRS ...