Negative correlations of variations in near-water wind and surface wind waves

Autor: E. M. Zuikova, I. S. Dolina, Irina Repina, A. V. Ermoshkin, V.I. Titov, Yu. I. Troitskaya, V. V. Bakhanov
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics. 44:491-506
ISSN: 1555-628X
0001-4338
DOI: 10.1134/s0001433808040105
Popis: The relationship between the intensity of surface wind waves and near-water wind is analyzed. The data of measuring wind waves and near-water wind under natural conditions in the Black Sea (July 2004) and Norwegian Sea (June 2003, 16th cruise of the R/V Akademik Sergei Vavilov) are used. A phenomenon of negative correlations has been found between the intensity of wind waves and near-water wind in regions of substantial restructuring of wind waves in the field of inhomogeneous flows: wind-wave amplification during wind decay and vice versa. Examples of such observations are presented, a theoretical model is constructed for the observed phenomenon, and a good agreement is obtained between theory and experiment.
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