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The paper presents a brief review of the author’s recent results on wave transformation and instability due to a shear current. The review covers both linear and nonlinear mechanisms in the models with vertical or/and horizontal shears.
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Shrira, V.I. (1992). Mechanisms of Water Wave Transformation in Shear Currents. 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_22
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