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A parametrical model for the vertical structure of the induced atmospheric pressure field above a spectrum of surface gravity waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Robert Bryan Long
Robert Bryan Long
Affiliation:
Sea-Air Interaction Laboratory, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida
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Abstract

A useful parametrical model for the vertical structure of the pressure field induced by wind blowing over a field of surface gravity waves is proposed. The model is a linear expansion in a set of empirical orthogonal functions, derived from a set of 110 complex pressure profiles computed according to the theory of Miles (1957), and provides a compact, quantitative description of those profiles. The model has been used as an element in the analysis of a body of experimental data on wave-induced atmospheric pressure fluctuations obtained by Snyder et al. (1980).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , 11 July 1980 , pp. 163 - 183
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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