On Janssen’s Model for Surface Wave Generation by a Gusty Wind

John Miles Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

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Abstract

Janssen’s model for the effect of gustiness on the mean energy transfer from a turbulent wind to a surface wave is simplified through a Gauss–Hermite approximation to his probability integral. Two examples are considered.

Corresponding author address: John W. Miles, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225.

Abstract

Janssen’s model for the effect of gustiness on the mean energy transfer from a turbulent wind to a surface wave is simplified through a Gauss–Hermite approximation to his probability integral. Two examples are considered.

Corresponding author address: John W. Miles, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225.

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