On the drag coefficient over shallow water |
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| Authors: | P G Baines |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Atmospheric Physics, CSIRO, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
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| Abstract: | It is shown that if the wind-wave spectrum in shallow water is approximately independent of wind speed due to the combined effects of white-capping and bottom friction, then the wave-induced drag coefficient has a maximum value when the wind speed is twice the maximum wave-speed; as the wind speed increases further, the drag coefficient slowly decreases. This result is consistent with the observations of Hicks et al. (1974). |
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