Wave-current Interaction
The characteristic velocities , , and are calculated as
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(3)
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The dispersion relationships between the relative angular frequency σ, the absolute angular frequency ω, the wave number vector k, and the current velocity vector U = U2 +V2 are (Jonsson 1990)
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Description
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Wave celerity
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Wave group velocity
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Wave frequency
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Spectral wave density
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Wave number
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Total water depth
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Depth-averaged current velocity in x-direction
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Depth-averaged current velocity in y-direction
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