A study of the wavenumber spectra of short water waves in the ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1266-1285

  Hwang, Paul A ^a   Atakturk, Serhad ^b   Sletten, Mark A ^a   Trizna, Dennis B ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY-GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE SPECTRA;

EID: 0030481908     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1266:ASOTWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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