Alexander Babanin is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria. His Bachelors degree in Physics and Masters degree in Physical Oceanography are from the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University, and his Ph.D. on Spectral Characteristics of Surface Wind Wave Fields is from the Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sevastopol. His research interests involve wind-generated waves, air-sea interaction and ocean turbulence, including dynamics of surface ocean waves, wave breaking and dissipation, air-sea boundary layer, extreme oceanic conditions, wave statistics, ocean mixing and remote sensing.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions for the wave breaking; 3. Detection and measurements of the wave breaking; 4. Fully non-linear analytical theories for surface waves and numerical simulations of the wave breaking; 5. Wave breaking probability; 6. Wave breaking severity; 7. Energy dissipation across the wave spectrum; 8. Non-dissipative effects of the breaking on the wave field; 9. Role of wave breaking in the air-sea interaction; 10. Conclusions: what else do we need to know about the wave breaking?; References; Index.

Alexander Babanin is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria. His Bachelors degree in Physics and Masters degree in Physical Oceanography are from the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University, and his Ph.D. on Spectral Characteristics of Surface Wind Wave Fields is from the Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sevastopol. His research interests involve wind-generated waves, air-sea interaction and ocean turbulence, including dynamics of surface ocean waves, wave breaking and dissipation, air-sea boundary layer, extreme oceanic conditions, wave statistics, ocean mixing and remote sensing.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions for the wave breaking; 3. Detection and measurements of the wave breaking; 4. Fully non-linear analytical theories for surface waves and numerical simulations of the wave breaking; 5. Wave breaking probability; 6. Wave breaking severity; 7. Energy dissipation across the wave spectrum; 8. Non-dissipative effects of the breaking on the wave field; 9. Role of wave breaking in the air-sea interaction; 10. Conclusions: what else do we need to know about the wave breaking?; References; Index.

Alexander Babanin is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria. His Bachelors degree in Physics and Masters degree in Physical Oceanography are from the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University, and his Ph.D. on Spectral Characteristics of Surface Wind Wave Fields is from the Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sevastopol. His research interests involve wind-generated waves, air-sea interaction and ocean turbulence, including dynamics of surface ocean waves, wave breaking and dissipation, air-sea boundary layer, extreme oceanic conditions, wave statistics, ocean mixing and remote sensing.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions for the wave breaking; 3. Detection and measurements of the wave breaking; 4. Fully non-linear analytical theories for surface waves and numerical simulations of the wave breaking; 5. Wave breaking probability; 6. Wave breaking severity; 7. Energy dissipation across the wave spectrum; 8. Non-dissipative effects of the breaking on the wave field; 9. Role of wave breaking in the air-sea interaction; 10. Conclusions: what else do we need to know about the wave breaking?; References; Index.