The elevation, slope, and curvature spectra of a wind roughened sea surface

WJ Pierson Jr, RA Stacy - 1973 - ntrs.nasa.gov
WJ Pierson Jr, RA Stacy
1973ntrs.nasa.gov
The elevation, slope and curvature spectra are defined as a function of wave number and
depend on the friction velocity. There are five wave number ranges of definition called the
gravity wave-gravity equilibrium range, the isotropic turbulence range, the connecting range
due to Leykin Rosenberg, the capillary range, and the viscous cutoff range. The higher wave
number ranges are strongly wind speed dependent, and there is no equilibrium (or
saturated) capillary range, at least for winds up to 30 meters/sec. Some properties of the …
The elevation, slope and curvature spectra are defined as a function of wave number and depend on the friction velocity. There are five wave number ranges of definition called the gravity wave-gravity equilibrium range, the isotropic turbulence range, the connecting range due to Leykin Rosenberg, the capillary range, and the viscous cutoff range. The higher wave number ranges are strongly wind speed dependent, and there is no equilibrium (or saturated) capillary range, at least for winds up to 30 meters/sec. Some properties of the angular variation of the spectra are also found. For high wave numbers, especially in the capillary range, the results are shown to be consistent with the Rayleigh-Rice backscattering theory (Bragg scattering), and certain properties of the angular variation are deduced from backscatter measurements.
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