A similarity analysis of the structure of airflow over surface waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1018-1037

  Hare, Jeffrey E ^a,d,e   Hara, Tetsu ^b   Edson, James B ^c   Wilczak, James M ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW OVER WATER; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; PRESSURE FIELD; SEA WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; VERTICAL STRUCTURE; WAVE-AIR INTERACTION;

EID: 0031420039     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1018:ASAOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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