Downward transfer of momentum by wind-dr
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Peter Nielsen; David P. Callaghan; Tom E. Baldock
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Article
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2011
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A model for the downward transfer of wind momentum is derived for growing waves. It is shown that waves, which grow due to an uneven pressure distribution on the water surface or a wave-coherent surface shear stress have horizontal velocities out of phase with the surface elevation. Further, if the