  A new approximation to the Stokes drift velocity profile based on the exact
solution for the Phillips spectrum is explored. The profile is compared with
the monochromatic profile and the recently proposed exponential integral
profile. ERA-Interim spectra and spectra from a wave buoy in the central North
Sea are used to investigate the behaviour of the profile. It is found that the
new profile has a much stronger gradient near the surface and lower normalized
deviation from the profile computed from the spectra. Based on estimates from
two open-ocean locations, an average value has been estimated for a key
parameter of the profile. Given this parameter, the profile can be computed
from the same two parameters as the monochromatic profile, namely the transport
and the surface Stokes drift velocity.
