Nonlinearity of the horizontal velocity field under wind-waves |
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| Authors: | Norihisa Imasato Hiroshi Ichikawa |
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| Institution: | (1) Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, 606 Kyoto, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Using the data from a wind-tunnel experiment, bispectra of orbital-motions of wind-waves and of turbulence are calculated, and nonlinear interaction of wind-waves with turbulence in water are discussed. The wind-waves or the orbital motions of them, at first, produce the  turbulence coherent with themselves, and then this coherent turbulence changes to the turbulence noncoherent with wind-waves. Nonlinearity of the velocity fluctuations in the surface layer in water under wind-waves is almost due to the nonlinear energy transfer from the orbital motions of wind-waves to the coherent turbulence. The vertical variations of the power spectra and of the normalized bispectra suggest that the wind driven currents near the surface play an important role in the process from orbital motion of wind-waves to noncoherent turbulence. |
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