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

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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 Snyderet al.(1980).

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