Changes of wind waves in the North Atlantic over the last 30 years

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1091-1117

  Gulev, Sergey K ^a,b   Hasse, Lutz ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate changes in storminess; North Atlantic; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; STORM; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032741038     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199908)19:10<1091::AID-JOC403>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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