Phaseresolving Surface Wave Modeling

Dear Colleagues,

The phaseresolving modeling of sea waves becomes an important branch of the numerical geophysical fluid dynamics. In contrast to the numerous attempts to describe the wave motion with different substitute equations, the numerical modeling is based on the initial equations of fluid dynamics with free surface (still potential). A phaseresolving technique allows considering waves as they are, i.e. as a process in a basin built in computer. The potential approximation considerably simplifies the equations of fluid mechanics. If the numerical scheme is correct, we can be sure that a model describes the adiabatic potential waves with high accuracy.  However, real waves cannot be considered as adiabatic, so parameterization of input, transformation and dissipation of energy is an essential part of wave modeling. These processes are more complicated than wave dynamics, but without their authentic description a further progress in wave modeling is impossible. It is the phaseresolving modeling that provides the opportunities for investigation and parameterization of physical processes in waves. This modeling can be used for development of spectral modeling, interpretation of wave spectrum in terms of real waves and for direct modeling of waves in small basins.

The high quality papers directly related to various aspects of wave modelling are encouraged for publication, including:

• Numerical schemes for solution of the full 2-D and 3-D equation of potential motion with free surface;
• Parameterization schemes for input and dissipation of energy.
• Examples of simulations.

Prof. Dr. Dmitry Chalikov
Guest Editor

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