OCE/MPO 603: Gravity WAVES Surface Waves

OCE/MPO 603: Gravity WAVES Surface Waves

OCE/MPO 603: Gravity WAVES Surface Waves PRIMARY Gravity RESTORING Surface Tension FORCE Rotation (Coriolis) Wave shoaling Wave shoaling The phase velocity cp (blue) and group velocity cg (red) as a function of water depth h for surface gravity waves of constant frequency. Quantities have been made dimensionless using the 2 gravitational acceleration g and period T, with the deep-water wavelength given by L0 = gT /(2π) and the deep-water phase speed c0 = L0/T. The grey line corresponds with the shallow-water limit cp =cg = √(gh). The phase speed – and thus also the wavelength L = cpT – decreases monotonically with decreasing depth. However, the group velocity first increases by 20% with respect to its deep- water value (of cg =c0 = gT/(4π)) before decreasing in shallower depths. WIKIPEDIA Shallow water wave Motion of a particle in an ocean wave. 1 wave propagation crest 2 3 wave trough B A A = At deep water. The elliptical motion of fluid particles decreases rapidly with increasing depth below the surface. B = At shallow water (ocean floor is now at B). The elliptical movement of a fluid particle flattens with decreasing depth. Wave Growth Three factors control and limit wave growth 1. Wind speed 2. Wind duration 3. Wind fetch = distance over which wind blows from a constant direction “Fully developed sea” = when wave growth is not duration or fetch limited; eventually waves reach an equilibrium between energy input by the wind and dissipation+dispersion of energy “Significant wave height” = average height of the 1/3 highest waves Wave energy spectra for fully- developed seas Sverdrup-Munk-Bretschneider Nomogram wave height (most Sverdrup-Munk-Bretschneider nomograms also include lines showing wave period and wind duration) .

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