Hurricane-generated seas
This book is designed as a reference for researchers, designers, graduate students and technical managers in naval, ocean and coastal engineering. It presents information on the severity of hurricane-generated seas in the deep ocean, in finite water depth of the continental shelf as well as nearshor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier
2003, 2003
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| Series: | Elsevier ocean engineering book series
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| Collection: | Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book is designed as a reference for researchers, designers, graduate students and technical managers in naval, ocean and coastal engineering. It presents information on the severity of hurricane-generated seas in the deep ocean, in finite water depth of the continental shelf as well as nearshore and onshore at the time of hurricane landing. The characteristics of hurricane-generated seas in the open ocean are quite different from those of the usual wind-generated seas in that the source of potential energy generating the waves which is a large circular rotating turbulent wind is advancing in the same direction as the propagating waves. A mathematical formulation specifically applicable to hurricane-generated seas is presented and compared with measured data obtained by NOAA buoys during hurricanes. The transformation of wave spectra with the advance of a hurricane from deep to shallow water is presented in three phases; (a) from deep to finite water depth over the continental shelf, (b) in the region where wave breaking occurs and (c) in the surf zone to the shoreline. Wave characteristics including extreme hight expected during passage of a hurricane from deep to shallow water are discussed with emphasis on the transformation from Gaussian to non-Gaussian stochastic properties |
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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | online resource (xiv, 140 p.) ill |
| ISBN: | 9780080443126 1281072397 9781281072399 9780080534244 0080534244 0080443125 |