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The velocity field below surface gravity waves has been investigated by conducting a series of laboratory experiments. The experiment series consisted of cases in which waves were generated by a paddle drive with an identical wind wave frequency distribution but increasing amplitude, and cases with the maximum amplitude paddle drive and increasing wind stress. Vertical profiles of the ratio of turbulent energy to surface energy are shown to decrease exponentially with a decay rate slower than wave particle velocity decay. Reynolds stress increased as the wave steepness increased and decreased exponentially with depth. Horizontal and vertical velocity probability density distributions displayed only small variations from the normal probability density distribution.
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Bliven, L.F., Huang, N.E., Long, S.R. (1984). A Laboratory Study of the Velocity Field Below Surface Gravity Waves. In: Brutsaert, W., Jirka, G.H. (eds) Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1660-4_16
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