The Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society. Series B. Applied Mathematics

Table of Contents - 1983 - Volume 25, Issue 01  

Research Article

The generation of surface waves by an intense cyclone

F. Viera and V. T. Buchwald1

Abstract

Assuming a travelling oscillating pressure source model, this paper sets out to investigate the observation of surface gravity waves generated by a cyclone moving with constant speed v. It is shown that when the source frequency is near the critical resonant value g/4ν, large amplitude waves may be generated. There is some agreement with observations of waves from cyclone Pam of February, 1974.

(Received October 04 1982)

(Revised December 02 1982)

Footnotes

1 School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W. 2033.

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