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A very intriguing phenomenon, which throws much light on the small-scale structure of the sea surface, is the occurrence of “parasitic capillaries” on the forward face of moderately short gravity waves, especially those with wavelengths 5 to 50 cm; see Figure la. These capillary waves were first studied experimentally by Cox (1958). Evidently their existence depends on the fact that a gravity wave and a much shorter capillary wave may have the same phase speed. The dynamical theory of the generation of parasitic capillaries has been developed by Longuet-Higgins (1963), Crapper (1970) and Ruvinsky et al. (1981, 1985, 1991). This so far takes into account only the first-order effects of viscous damping.
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Longuet-Higgins, M.S. (1992). Capillary Rollers and Bores. In: Banner, M.L., Grimshaw, R.H.J. (eds) Breaking Waves. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84847-6_2
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