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To describe the large modulation of short surface waves by nonuniform currents as encountered for weak winds a two timescale technique is applied to the energy balance for short waves. A scaling is assumed in which wind input, nonlinear interactions, dissipation and horizontal current shear are all of the same strength. This approach leads to modulations correct in order of magnitude.
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van Gastel, K. (1989). Nonlinearity as the missing link between wavelets and currents. In: Komen, G.J., Oost, W.A. (eds) Radar Scattering from Modulated Wind Waves. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2309-6_18
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