Coupled sea surface-atmosphere model 2. Spectrum of short wind waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C4, 1999, Pages 7625-7639

  Kudryavtsev, V N ^a   Makin, V K ^b   Chapron, B ^c  

^a MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MODEL; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE;

EID: 0033560602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900005     Document Type: Article

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