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The generation of surface waves by an intense cyclone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

F. Viera  and
V. T. Buchwald
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Abstract

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Assuming a travelling oscillating pressure source model, this paper sets out to investigate the observation of surface gravity waves generated by a cyclone moving with constant speed v. It is shown that when the source frequency is near the critical resonant value g/4ν, large amplitude waves may be generated. There is some agreement with observations of waves from cyclone Pam of February, 1974.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , July 1983 , pp. 64 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1983

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