Laboratory observations of wave group evolution, including breaking effects

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 378, Issue , 1999, Pages 197-232

  Tulin, Marshall P ^a   Waseda, Takuji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FREQUENCIES; LAKES; WATER TANKS;

TWO WAVE SYSTEM; WAVE GROUP EVOLUTION;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0032640252     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003255     Document Type: Article

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