The wave drag of wind over water
- 28 March 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 189-194
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112061000172
Abstract
It is shown to be probable that a large proportion of the drag exerted by a water surface on the wind is in the form of wave drag. As a result the usual relation between the wind profile and the surface stress and roughness length are modified. In particular, close to the surface the relation between the transport of momentum and that of heat and water vapour are different from that obtaining over a rough solid surface.Keywords
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