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Drift velocity in an amplification zone of wind waves

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Drift wind flow in the amplification zone of a wind wave is investigated experimentally. It is found that the wind drift diminishes in proportion to the wave steepness on the forward slope of a wave in the region of a water surface deformed by vortices in a viscous layer of air. Vortices delaying the drift are found in the viscous layer on the back slope of a wave where the shift velocity of water diminishes.

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  1. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    O. N. Mel’nikova, K. V. Pokazeev & A. A. Rozhnovskaya

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Original Russian Text © O.N. Mel’nikova, K.V. Pokazeev, A.A. Rozhnovskaya, 2012, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2012, Vol. 76, No. 12, pp. 1515–1519.

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Mel’nikova, O.N., Pokazeev, K.V. & Rozhnovskaya, A.A. Drift velocity in an amplification zone of wind waves. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 76, 1357–1360 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873812120246

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