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Street 1988
Street, R.L. (1988). Wave-following measurements in the water beneath an air-water interface. Journal of Geophysical Research 93: doi: 10.1029/88JC03318. issn: 0148-0227.

Eulerian velocity fields beneath an air-water interface in a laboratory facility have been determined for the case of wind-ruffled mechanically generated waves of 22-mm amplitude and 1-Hz frequency, with wind speeds ranging from 1.7 to 6.2 m s-1, and in a wave-following coordinate system. The velocity was measured with a two-component wave-following laser Doppler anemometer. The wave-following data are compared with non-wave-following data under similar flow conditions. The results demonstrate that the waves affect the mean flow, even though the mean profiles remain essentially logarithmic. The wave-following results appear as extensions of fixed-frame results to shallower depths. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Oceanography, Physical, Air/sea interactions, Oceanography, Physical, Instruments and techniques, Oceanography, Physical, Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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