Growth of wind waves with fetch in the Sea of Japan under winter monsoon investigated using data from satellite altimeters and scatterometer

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 575-584

  Ebuchi, Naoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Altimeter; Remote sensing; Scatterometer; Wind wave

Indexed keywords

FETCH; MONSOON; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SCATTEROMETER; WIND WAVE;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0033396733     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007836701387     Document Type: Article

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