Simulated surface wave current interactions during swade

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-150

  Shay, Lynn K ^a   Zhang, Peng Chen ^a   Graber, Hans C ^a   Walsh, Edward J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MEANDERING; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE SPECTRUM; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030308891     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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