gnome.utilities.weathering.delvigne_sweeney

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DelvigneSweeney

Delvigne and Sweeney (1988) computes the fraction of

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class gnome.utilities.weathering.delvigne_sweeney.DelvigneSweeney

Bases: object

Delvigne and Sweeney (1988) computes the fraction of breaking waves f_bw. DS assumes no breaking waves for winds less than 10 knots.

static breaking_waves_frac(wind_speed, peak_wave_period)

Field observations of Holthuysen and Herbers (1986) and Toba et al. (1971) lead to a simple empirical relation for spilling breakers in deep water.