fluid dynamics, wind wave modeling describes the effort to depict the sea state and predict the evolution of the energy of wind waves using numerical...

dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the wind blowing...

Wind-wave dissipation or "swell dissipation" is process in which a wave generated via a weather system loses its mechanical energy transferred from the...

that these waves belong to a specific kind of sea wave, not considered by conventional models for sea wind waves. A 2015 paper studied the wave behavior...

measurement, a tool that measures Internet usage in India WAM, a kind of wind wave model Wide area multilateration, a surveillance technology for air traffic...

of a physical wave. Wave model can refer to: Wind wave model, a mathematical model of sea waves Density wave model, a mathematical model of a spiral galaxy...

that between the atmosphere and the ocean, which gives rise to wind waves. A gravity wave results when fluid is displaced from a position of equilibrium...

RSMCs use wind-wave models as tools to help predict the sea conditions. In the U.S., NOAA's Wavewatch III model is used heavily. A significant wave height...

the conservation of wave action is for instance used extensively in wind wave models to forecast sea states as needed by mariners, the offshore industry...

layers. Surface Mixed Layer: This uppermost layer is well-mixed due to wind and wave action, resulting in minimal temperature variation with depth. The thickness...

The wave base, in physical oceanography, is the maximum depth at which a water wave's passage causes significant water motion. At water depths deeper...

justification for the use of models in wind tunnels to simulate real-life phenomena. The Wright brothers' use of a simple wind tunnel in 1901 to study the...

lee waves are produced when the lapse rate shows a stable layer above the obstruction, with an unstable layer above and below. Strong winds (with wind gusts...

Saint-Venant equations shallow water equations Wind fetch Wind setup Wind wave model Circulation Atmospheric circulation Baroclinity Boundary current Coriolis...

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meaning it moves faster than the speed of fast magnetosonic waves. The flow of the solar wind is no longer supersonic at the termination shock. Other related...

Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water. A machine that...

corresponds to uniform circular motion. Sine waves occur often in physics, including wind waves, sound waves, and light waves, such as monochromatic radiation. In...

long-term wave data available in a nearby offshore location (e.g. from satellites), a wind wave model can be employed to transform the offshore wave statistics...

Infragravity waves are surface gravity waves with frequencies lower than the wind waves – consisting of both wind sea and swell – thus corresponding with...

is affected by wind shear, which can bend the wave front, causing sounds to be heard where they normally would not. Strong vertical wind shear within the...

help model atmospheric circulations within regions of rugged topography, in order to better depict features such as downslope winds, mountain waves and...

French, A.P. Vibrations and Waves. Nelson Thornes, 1971.[full citation needed] Tolman, H.L. (2008). "Practical wind wave modeling" (PDF). In Mahmood, M.F...

Atmospheric Rossby waves on Earth are giant meanders in high-altitude winds that have a major influence on weather. These waves are associated with pressure...

W. D.; Laske, G.; Masters, T. G. (1998). "CRUST 5.1: A global crustal model at 5°×5°". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 103 (B1): 727–747...

with a distinct forward curve. At this point, simple physical models that describe wave dynamics often become invalid, particularly those that assume...

waves, which are due to subharmonic nonlinear wave interaction with the wind waves, having periods longer than the accompanying wind-generated waves....

contexts and can sometimes be modelled mathematically. Natural patterns include symmetries, trees, spirals, meanders, waves, foams, tessellations, cracks...

the potential to generate a tsunami. Unlike normal ocean waves, which are generated by wind, or tides, which are in turn generated by the gravitational...

ramp above the fair weather wave base, the middle ramp, above the storm wave base, the outer ramp, below the storm wave base. In distally steepened ramps...