Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The energy balance of deep-water oceans; 3. On the generation of ocean waves by wind; 4. Non-linear wave-wave interactions and wave-dissipation; 5. Wave forecasting and wind-wave interaction; References; Index.

Promotional Information

This book covers interaction between wind and ocean waves, for ocean wave modellers, physicists, applied mathematicians, engineers.

About the Author

Peter Janssen is Head of Ocean Waves Section at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK.

Reviews

'... the book succeeds in providing simple descriptions of not-so-simple processes, and practical applications that will be useful to wave modelers, meteorologists and oceanographers who work with air-sea interactions.' EOS