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The air-flow velocity field near the water surface is studied in the zone of wind-wave intensification. Caused by a periodic separation of eddies, a nonzero time-averaged value of the wind velocity in the near-water streamline is detected at the leading slope of the wave. The distribution of pressure along the wave with allowance for the vertical velocity shear and disturbances produced by eddies and a periodic deceleration of the viscous layer was calculated with the aid of the Cauchy-Lagrange integral. This procedure made it possible to calculate the growth rate of the wave amplitude, whose value was found to be close to its experimental value at the initial stage of acceleration.
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Original Russian Text © I.N. Ivanova, O.N. Mel’nikova, T.A. Nivina, K.V. Pokazeev, 2006, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 703–709.
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Ivanova, I.N., Mel’nikova, O.N., Nivina, T.A. et al. Experimental study of the fine structure of the wind field near a rough surface. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 42, 646–652 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433806050112
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