A field study of the wind generation of ocean waves

Authors

Russell L. Snyder, Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Charles S. Cox, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California

Abstract

This paper describes a series of field experiments that provide growth curves and wind histories for waves of wave length r 7 m. In each of 29 runs of from 1 to 4 hours, a directional wave recorder with an effective beam width of 20 degrees was towed downwind at the group velocity of these waves starting from a windward shore....

Recommended Citation

Snyder, Russell L., and Charles S. Cox. 1966. "A field study of the wind generation of ocean waves." Journal of Marine Research 24, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1071