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On the wind profile near a wavy surface

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The formation of the mean-wind profile near the rough surface of a fluid is discussed. Classical definitions of the profile’s characteristics are presented, the treatments of the parameters of a logarithmic profile are considered, and the meaning of major concept is refined. On the basis of the numerical model developed by Makin and Kudryavtsev for the dynamic boundary layer, the mean-wind profile is calculated for different stages of wind-wave evolution. Differences between the calculated profiles and the classical logarithmic profile are discussed. A treatment is given for the established differences.

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  1. Oboukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevskii per. 3, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    Yu. A. Volkov, V. G. Polnikov & F. A. Pogarskii

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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Volkov, V.G. Polnikov, FA. Pogarskii, 2007, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 279–288.

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Volkov, Y.A., Polnikov, V.G. & Pogarskii, F.A. On the wind profile near a wavy surface. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 43, 250–258 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433807020120

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