Modulation of wind ripples by long surface waves via the air flow: A feedback mechanism

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-116

  Kudryavtsev, V N ^a,b   Mastenbroek, C ^a   Makin, V K ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR FLOW; WIND;

AIR FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC FEEDBACK; BOUNDARY LAYER; LONGWAVE SPECTRUM; SHORTWAVE SPECTRUM; WIND RIPPLE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0031471170     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000278225089     Document Type: Article

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