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    Evidence of energy and momentum flux from swell to wind

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    Date
    2016-06-23
    Author
    Kahma, Kimmo  Concept link
    Donelan, Mark A.  Concept link
    Drennan, William M.  Concept link
    Terray, Eugene A.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/8234
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    https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0213.1
    DOI
    10.1175/JPO-D-15-0213.1
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     Circulation/ Dynamics; Pressure; Wind stress; Wind waves; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Air-sea interaction 
    Abstract
    Measurements of pressure near the surface in conditions of wind sea and swell are reported. Swell, or waves that overrun the wind, produces an upward flux of energy and momentum from waves to the wind and corresponding attenuation of the swell waves. The estimates of growth of wind sea are consistent with existing parameterizations. The attenuation of swell in the field is considerably smaller than existing measurements in the laboratory.
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    Author Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2016. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Physical Oceanography 46 (2016): 2143-2156, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0213.1.
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    Journal of Physical Oceanography 46 (2016): 2143-2156
     

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