Abstract
It is suggested that giant waves, as observed on the Agulhas Current, occur where the wave groups are reflected by the current. The local behaviour of the wave amplitude is modelled by the nonlinear Schrodinger equationiar = aρρ-ρ+β|a|2a.For waves of a given incident wave amplitude the steady solutions are stable.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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