Stem waves along a depth discontinuity
- 15 March 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Vol. 91 (C3) , 3979-3982
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jc091ic03p03979
Abstract
The nonlinear Schrödinger equation derived by Liu and Tsay (1984) is used to investigate the forward scattering of the second‐order Stokes waves by a depth discontinuity. It is shown that, due to nonlinearity, stem waves develop along a line caustic. The structure of the present stem waves is similar to that found by Yue and Mei (1980) along the wall of a thin wedge.Keywords
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