Describing in detail the two way interaction between wind and ocean waves this book discusses ocean wave evolution in accordance with the energy balance equation an extensive overview of. The interaction of ocean waves and wind 1 1 introduction the subject of ocean waves and its generation by wind has fascinated me greatly since i started to work in the department of oceanography at the royal netherlands meteorological institute knmi at the end of 1979 the growth of water waves by wind on a pond or a canal is a daily experience for a. This thesis studies the wind wave interactions through the coupling between the atmospheric model and ocean surface wave models. The interaction of ocean waves and wind peter janssen peter a e m janssen cambridge university press oct 28 2004 science 300 pages 0 reviews this is the first book to describe in