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Short capillary-gravity wind waves are known to be affected by the presence of thin surface films. In particular, the elastic property of the film plays an important role for determining the damping characteristics (Dorrestein 1951). Furthermore, film elasticity affects the wind’s ability to generate such waves (Gottifredi and Jameson 1968; Creamer and Wright 1992). The film elasticity has also a profound influence on the nonlinear development of the drift current induced by damped waves, as shown by Weber and Saetra (1995), hereafter referred to as WS.
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Saetra, Ø., Weber, J.E. (1996). Effect of Film Elasticity on Drift Currents Induced by Growing Waves. In: Grue, J., Gjevik, B., Weber, J.E. (eds) Waves and Nonlinear Processes in Hydrodynamics. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0253-4_13
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