The increasing wave height in the North Atlantic Ocean

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2275-2277

  Bouws, E ^a   Jannink, D ^a   Komen, G J ^a,b  

^a Koninklijk Nederlands M   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCREASE; LONG-TERM TRENDS; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030433817     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2275:TIWHIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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