Free surface evolution from numerical wave tank simulations

An ensemble of two-dimensional numerical wave tank (NWT) simulations of breaking and non-breaking wave packets. The NWT uses the Gerris software package, a two-phase Navier-Stokes solver that utilises the volume-of-fluid method and explicitly models viscosity and surface tension effects. It is configured in non-dimensional coordinates scaled by the length and time characteristics of a deep-water wave with wavelength 1 m. A total of 6 experiments are included in the dataset, for which the wind speed, water depth, wave packet size and grid refinement level are varied. A full description of the NWT is provided in: Boettger, D. G., Keating, S. R., Banner, M. L., Morison, R. P., & Barthelemy, X. (2023). An energetic signature for breaking inception in surface gravity waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 959, A33. Boettger, D. G., Keating, S. R., Banner, M. L., Morison, R. P., & Barthelemy, X. (2024). Energetic inception of breaking in surface gravity waves under wind forcing. Physical Review Fluids, 9 (5), 054803.