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The interaction of surface waves in the presence of wind

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Zakharov's equation is applied to study numerically the evolution of wave amplitudes. It is demonstrated that, owing to Krasitskii's new kernel functions, the system of surface waves remains Hamiltonian, in contrast to the former approaches used by Yuen, Lake, and Zakharov. If surface waves are wind-generated, they grow and become stochastic. If the effect of the waves on the wind is considered, then the wave amplitude evolution, similar to the no-wind case, continues to be recurrent.

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Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin.

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Kalmykov, V.A. The interaction of surface waves in the presence of wind. Phys. Oceanogr. 7, 91–97 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509813

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