Shear and depth-averaged Stokes drift under a Phillips-type spectrum
@article{Breivik2016ShearAD,
title={Shear and depth-averaged Stokes drift under a Phillips-type spectrum},
author={Oyvind Breivik},
journal={arXiv: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics},
year={2016}
}The transport and shear under a Phillips-type spectrum are presented. A combined profile for monochromatic swell and a Phillips-type wind sea spectrum which can be used to investigate the shear under crossing seas is then presented.
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