Discussion of 'A new predictive formula for inception of regular wave breaking'by Yu Liu, Xiaojing Niu and Xiping Yu. Volume 58, Issue 9, September 2011, pp. 877-889.

摘要

The authors have provided an interesting review of existing methods for predicting the onset of wave breaking. They have then proposed a new formula which requires the evaluation of the breaking wave celerity, C_B. This dis cussion aims to explore further the issue of predicting C_b, relating the authors' present method, based on Hedges' (1976) modification of Airy wave theory, to later work.