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West 1981
West, B.J. (1981). Steady state spectral density of gravity-capillary waves. Journal of Geophysical Research 86: doi: 10.1029/JC080i011p11073. issn: 0148-0227.

The linear coupling model of Miles and Phillips for the air-sea interaction is generalized include the average effect of the nonlinear interactions in the dynmic equations for the gravity-capillary waves. The linearized dynamic equations are stochastic with solutions that have stable moments. In particular, a steady state power spectral density for the water wave field is calculated exactly in the context of the model for various wind speeds.

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