Nonlinear Ocean Waves

Chapter 1 Wind-forced strong wave interactions and quasi-local equilibrium between wind and windsea with the friction velocity proportiionality Chapter 2 On the mathematics and approximation of the nonlinear wave-wave interactions. Chapter 3 Relating nonlinear energy cascades to wind input and wave breaking dissipation. Chapter 4 Turbulence of capillary waves - theory and numerical simulation. Chapter 5 The repsonse of waves to a sudden change in wind speed. Chapter 6 Wind wave nonlinear interactions owing to drift current: formation of the angular spectrum, wave groups and Lanmuir circulations. Chapter 7 Direct modeling of one-dimensional nonlinear potential waves.