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Extreme water-wave profile recovery from pressure measurements at the seabed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2020

Didier Clamond Open the ORCID record for Didier Clamond [Opens in a new window]  and
David Henry Open the ORCID record for David Henry [Opens in a new window]
Didier Clamond*
Affiliation:
Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS UMR 7351, LJAD, Parc Valrose, 06108Nice CEDEX 2, France
David Henry
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University College Cork, CorkT12 XF62, Ireland
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this note, we establish the applicability and effectiveness of a recently developed approach to the recovery of nonlinear water waves from pressure measurements by proving that it is applicable to the celebrated extreme Stokes wave.

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Waves/Free-surface Flows: Surface gravity waves Mathematical Foundations: General fluid mechanics
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 903 , 25 November 2020 , R3
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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