Abstract:

In order to better understand the hydrodynamic modulation of short wind waves, a series of observations were made in the University of Miami's Air-Sea Interaction Saltwater tank. These include short-scale water surface slope fields (polarimetric slope sensing) and long wave elevation (laser elevation gauge). This dataset supports the publication: Laxague, N. J. M., Curcic, M., Bjorkqvist, J.-V., & Haus, B. K. (2017). Gravity-Capillary Wave Spectral Modulation by Gravity Waves. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(5), 2477–2485. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2016.2645539

Suggested Citation:

Laxague, Nathan; Curcic, Milan; Bjorkvist, Jan-Victor; Haus, Brian. 2018. Wind-wave tank hydrodynamic modulation observations. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N74T6GTR

Publications:

Laxague, N. J. M., Curcic, M., Bjorkqvist, J.-V., & Haus, B. K. (2017). Gravity-Capillary Wave Spectral Modulation by Gravity Waves. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(5), 2477–2485. doi:10.1109/tgrs.2016.2645539

Purpose:

To better understand the interaction between gravity waves and gravity-capillary waves.

Data Parameters and Units:

Short wave spectra (non-dimensional saturation spectra), modulation transfer function magnitudes (radians) / phases (degrees), Surface roughness modification (dB) as a function of long wave phase, Wind speed (m/s), Wave steepness ak (rad), Wave number (k, rad/m), Saturation spectra (b, rad), Relative mean square slopes in wavenumber regimes (mss_Z), Wavenumber regimes (Z), Long wave phase angle vector (phasvec), Long wave steepness (rad), Polarization of radio waves (H=horizontal or V=Vertical)

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