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A numerical model of the air flow above water waves. Part 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

P. R. Gent
P. R. Gent
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, England
Present address: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80307.
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Abstract

Further results from the nonlinear numerical model of the air flow in a deep turbulent boundary layer above water waves described in Gent & Taylor (1976) are presented. The results are calculated with the surface roughness z0 both constant and varying with position along the wave. With the form used when z0 varies, the fractional rate |ζ| of energy transfer per radian advance in phase due to the working of the pressure forces is larger than for z0 constant both when the transfer is from wind to waves and when it is from waves to wind. The latter case occurs when the waves are travelling faster than, or against, the wind. The energy transfer rates are compared with other theoretical predictions and with recent field observations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , 7 September 1977 , pp. 349 - 369
Copyright
© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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