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Field measurements of wave-induced pressure over wind-sea and swell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Dieter Hasselmann  and
Jens Bösenberg
Dieter Hasselmann
Affiliation:
Meteorologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, undesstrasse 55, D-2000 Hamburg 13, Germany
Jens Bösenberg
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie, Bundesstrasse 55, D-2000 Hamburg 13, Germany
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Abstract

Results of two field experiments in the North Sea are presented. Pressure was measured at two fixed heights above the mean water level and correlated with simultaneous wave height measurements. Roughly 90 hours of data have been analysed and the results are in agreement with earlier results obtained by Snyder et al. (1981). Measurements over swell give no indication of wave decay or growth for waves travelling faster than the wind or against the wind.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 230 , September 1991 , pp. 391 - 428
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© 1991 Cambridge University Press

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