Nonstationary analysis of the directional properties of propagating waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1901-1914

  Donelan, M A ^a   Drennan, W M ^a   Magnusson, A K ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVES;

DIRECTIONAL PROPERTIES; WAVE MODELLING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVES;

EID: 0030435573     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1901:NAOTDP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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