Table of Contents 



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Notation . ii 



Abstract 1 



Introduction 3 



Chapter I. The composite nature of wind-generated waves 

 according to observations 



1) Comments on observations 6 



2) Characteristics of waves in the fully developed state 



at different wind velocities 11 



3) Composite wave patterns. Interference phenomena. 



Groups of waves 25 



Chapter II. The growth of waves under the action of wind 



1) Introduction and general remarks 36 



2) Energy transfer from wind to waves 47 



3) Energy dissipation due to turbiilent wave motion 67 



4) Energy equations 73 



5) The growth of the "sea" (p^j^-waves) 76 



6) Generation and growth of longer waves 84 



7) The growth of complex sea under the action of wind. 

 Ntunerical results 95 



8) Comparison of theoretical results with observations . . . Il8 



Acknowledgements 126 



References 127 



Appendix 129 



List of figures 135 



