Observations of the directional spectrum of fetch-limited waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 495-512

  Ewans, Kevin C ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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EID: 0000286357     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0495:OOTDSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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