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The wind driven current were investigated in a wind-wave tank in which a false bottom was installed in order to control the return flow. The ratio of the surface velocity to the mean wind velocity in the case without return flow increased up to 3.8% and this is greater than that in the case with return flow in which the ratio was 3.3%. The velocity distribution of wind driven current applicable for both cases with and without return flow was derived.
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Tsuruya, H., Nakano, S., Kato, H. (1985). Experimental Study on Wind Driven Current in a Wind-Wave Tank. In: Toba, Y., Mitsuyasu, H. (eds) The Ocean Surface. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7717-5_58
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