Measurements in a closed, recirculating wind‐wave tank using variable wind speeds
showed that wind waves in the gravity‐capillary range exhibit a threshold in their growth …

Recently published data taken in wind‐wave tanks and on the ocean are shown to yield a
growth rate, β, describing the transfer of energy and momentum directly from wind to surface …

Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the response of short wind waves
(wave numbers between 50 and 800 rad m− 1) under transient wind forcing. Three …

The growth rates of wind-induced water waves at fixed fetch were measured in a laboratory
wave tank using microwave backscatter. The technique strongly filters out all wavenumber …

Wave wire data from the large wind wave tank of the Ocean Engineering Laboratory at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, are analyzed, and comparisons are made with …

When the flow at the air‐sea interface is aerodynamically rough (ie, for wind speeds above
7.5 ms− 1, typically), then form drag on the roughness elements accounts for virtually all the …

The atmospheric surface layer over sea has a density stratification which varies with
moisture content and air/sea temperature difference. This influences the growth of water …

Reconciling Discrepancies in the Observed Growth of Wind-generated Waves in: Journal of
Physical Oceanography Volume 22 Issue 12 (1992) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Field data indicate convincingly that the drag coefficient of the ocean surface is sea‐state
dependent. As a result, under steady forcing by a constant wind velocity the wind stress on …

Spatial‐temporal information on wind‐generated gravity‐capillary waves is obtained using a
scanning laser slope gauge in a wind wave flume. The results show that a significant portion …