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contributor authorWeissman, M. A.
contributor authorAtaktürk, S. S.
contributor authorKatsaros, K. B.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:47:14Z
date available2017-06-09T14:47:14Z
date copyright1984/10/01
date issued1984
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-26761.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4163691
description abstractMeasurements were made of the surface elevation of a fetch-limited wave field (fetch 7 km, wind speed about 6 m s?1). Good high-frequency response was attained by the use of a very thin, bare wire probe of diameter 0.13 mm. Breaking waves were detected based on the energy in the 18?32 Hz frequency band. An appropriate threshold was found by a trial and error method. General agreement was found with visual observations. The temporal intermittency of wave breaking (fraction of time spent in breaking regions) was found to be 1.2%;however, the fraction of high-frequency (5?50 Hz) energy in those region was 12%. An argument is presented to show that the spatial intermittency and the spatial energy fraction should have the same values. The mean crest height of the breaking waves was found to be much lower than expected from theoretical considerations (by a factor of 4).
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleDetection of Breaking Events in a Wind-Generated Wave Field
typeJournal Paper
journal volume14
journal issue10
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014<1608:DOBEIA>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1608
journal lastpage1619
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1984:;Volume( 014 ):;issue: 010
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