Defining and quantifying microscale wave breaking with infrared imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C10, 1997, Pages 23145-23153

  Jessup, A T ^a   Zappa, C J ^a   Yeh, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROSCALE PROCESSES; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0031414869     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC01449     Document Type: Article

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