Errata- J.Smith publications

I’m sure there are more; these are merely the ones I’ve caught so far...

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Smith, J.A., Observations and theories of Langmuir circulation: a story of mixing, in Fluid Mechanics and the Environment: Dynamical Approaches, edited by J.L. Lumley, pp. 295-314, Springer, New York, 2001.

1. Stokes drift (equation 8) should be (ak)²c^P NOT 1/2 that. The values in Table 1 are also wrong by 1/2. Rule of thumb: U^S ~ 1% Windspeed. (Maybe 1 to 2%).

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Smith, J.A., Doppler sonar observations of Langmuir circulation, in Air-sea Exchange: Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics, edited by G. Geernaert, pp. 539-555, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1999.

1. Stokes drift (equation 19.8) should be (ak)²c^P NOT 1/2 that. The values in Table 19.1 are also wrong by 1/2. Rule of thumb: U^S ~ 1% Windspeed.

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Smith, J.A., Observations of wind, waves, and the mixed layer: the scaling of surface motion, in The Wind-Driven Air-Sea Interface, edited by M.L. Banner, pp. 231-238, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1999.

1. Again the 1/2 Stokes’ drift mistake (seems to have propagated...): values in Table 1 should be doubled.

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Smith, J.A., Evolution of Langmuir circulation during a storm, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 (C6), 12,649-12,668, 1998.

1. Stokes drift shown in Figure 3 is 1/2 the correct size. Stokes’ drift shown in figure 5 is correct. Rule of thumb: Us ~ 1% Windspeed.

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Smith, J.A., and K.F. Rieder, Wave induced motion of FLIP, Ocean Eng., 24 (2), 95-110, 1997.

1. See "Corrigendum, Wave Induced Motion of FLIP, Ocean Eng. v.24,(5), p.497, 1997". The horizontal+vertical correlated motion due to tilting of FLIP was neglected; it is found to be a small correction, however.

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Smith, J.A., and G.T. Bullard, Directional Surface Wave Estimates from Doppler Sonar Data, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 12 (3), 617-632, 1995.

1. Equation 4.1 is wrong. It should be:

The solution (eq. 4.2), which is actually very useful, is correct:

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Smith, J.A., Observed growth of Langmuir circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 5651-5664, 1992.

1. Page 5661, just after equation 5: should read

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Smith, J.A., Modulation of short wind waves by long waves, in Surface Waves and Fluxes: Current Theory and Remote Sensing, edited by G.L. Geernaert, and W.J. Plant, pp. 247- 284, Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, 1990.

1. Page 248. Last line was clipped off. It should read "… measurements

on long and short surface waves with a coherent wave Doppler radar. By comparing upwind …"

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Smith, J.A., Short surface waves with growth and dissipation, J. Geophys. Res., 91 (C2), 2616-2632, 1986.

1. Pages 2630 and 2631 are switched.

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Smith, J.A., On surface gravity waves crossing weak current jets, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 134, 277-299, 1983.

1. (p.281) Equations 2.11 and 2.12, inside the square-root brackets, the factor in each numerator should be 4 rather than 2.

2. (p. 282) Just before eq. 3.6, lost subscripts: "... setting B₁ = 1 and A₃ = 0, ..."

3. Equation 3.8 lost the "= constant" at the end:

5. Same for equation 3.11 (next page).

6. (p. 283) Equation 3.12 is missing! It is supposed to be:

7. Just before equation 3.14, should read "(i.e. to |B₁|)", not |A₁|.

8. Equation 3.14 is wrong, it should be

9. Equation 3.16 is the deep water limit; it should read

10. (p. 286) The figure caption should include another line, explaining:

(see Smith, J.A., On surface waves crossing a step with horizontal shear, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 175, 395-412, 1987.)

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