Giant waves
- 8 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 77 (3) , 417-431
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211207600219x
Abstract
It is suggested that giant waves, as observed on the Agulhas Current, occur where the wave groups are reflected by the current. The local behaviour of the wave amplitude is modelled by the nonlinear Schrodinger equationiar = aρρ-ρ+β|a|2a.For waves of a given incident wave amplitude the steady solutions are stable.Keywords
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