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The way in which wind blows over water and causes waves to be generated is still a very active area of research for applied mathematicians, as well as for oceanographers and engineers. The basic mechanisms are still a matter of controversy, although the use of modern techniques of asymptotic and non-linear analysis and large-scale computation, as well as experimental structures, have begun to demonstrate which are the dominant mechanisms in different types of wind-wave regimes. These studies result in practical methods of forecasting waves and their effects on sediment, pollution, offshore structures, etc., and even lead to methods of controlling them. These are the themes covered by the papers in this book, written by many of the leading authorities in the field.

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Mathematicians, engineers, and natural scientists . . . present 32 papers. They pivot on the general themes of how the turbulent wind blows over waves and leads to their growth, the non-linear dynamics of water waves, turbulence on the surface of water and waves and its effects on surface processes, and the consequences of particles being ejected from waves and other surfaces. The topics include the stimulation of non-linear surface waves by wind, longitudinal vortices in wavy boundary layers, representing structure in the atmospheric surface layer over open ocean waves in terms of phase averages, reminiscences of the early days of the spectrum of ocean waves, the surface modulation of internal waves and their properties in response to the wind field at the shelf break, the microphysics of scalar transfer at air-water interfaces, and a simplified model for spatio-temporal distributions of ocean spray droplets. --SciTech Book News Mathematicians, engineers, and natural scientists . . . present 32 papers. They pivot on the general themes of how the turbulent wind blows over waves and leads to their growth, the non-linear dynamics of water waves, turbulence on the surface of water and waves and its effects on surface processes, and the consequences of particles being ejected from waves and other surfaces. The topics include the stimulation of non-linear surface waves by wind, longitudinal vortices in wavy boundary layers, representing structure in the atmospheric surface layer over open ocean waves in terms of phase averages, reminiscences of the early days of the spectrum of ocean waves, the surface modulation of internal waves and their properties in response to the wind field at the shelf break, the microphysics of scalar transfer at air-water interfaces, and a simplified model for spatio-temporal distributions of ocean spray droplets. --SciTech Book News Mathematicians, engineers, and natural scientists . . . present 32 papers. They pivot on the general themes of how the turbulent wind blows over waves and leads to their growth, the non-linear dynamics of water waves, turbulence on the surface of water and waves and its effects on surface processes, and the consequences of particles being ejected from waves and other surfaces. The topics include the stimulation of non-linear surface waves by wind, longitudinal vortices in wavy boundary layers, representing structure in the atmospheric surface layer over open ocean waves in terms of phase averages, reminiscences of the early days of the spectrum of ocean waves, the surface modulation of internal waves and their properties in response to the wind field at the shelf break, the microphysics of scalar transfer at air-water interfaces, and a simplified model for spatio-temporal distributions of ocean spray droplets. --SciTech Book News Mathematicians, engineers, and natural scientists . . . present 32 papers. They pivot on the general themes of how the turbulent wind blows over waves and leads to their growth, the non-linear dynamics of water waves, turbulence on the surface of water and waves and its effects on surfaceprocesses, and the consequences of particles being ejected from waves and other surfaces. The topics include the stimulation of non-linear surface waves by wind, longitudinal vortices in wavy boundary layers, representing structure in the atmospheric surface layer over open ocean waves in terms ofphase averages, reminiscences of the early days of the spectrum of ocean waves, the surface modulation of internal waves and their properties in response to the wind field at the shelf break, the microphysics of scalar transfer at air-water interfaces, and a simplified model for spatio-temporaldistributions of ocean spray droplets. --SciTech Book News

Mathematicians, engineers, and natural scientists . . . present 32 papers. They pivot on the general themes of how the turbulent wind blows over waves and leads to their growth, the non-linear dynamics of water waves, turbulence on the surface of water and waves and its effects on surface processes, and the consequences of particles being ejected from waves and other surfaces. The topics include the stimulation of non-linear surface waves by wind, longitudinal vortices in wavy boundary layers, representing structure in the atmospheric surface layer over open ocean waves in terms of phase averages, reminiscences of the early days of the spectrum of ocean waves, the surface modulation of internal waves and their properties in response to the wind field at the shelf break, the microphysics of scalar transfer at air-water interfaces, and a simplified model for spatio-temporal distributions of ocean spray droplets. --SciTech Book News<br>

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