New Zealand wave climate from satellite observations

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 727-744

  Laing, Andrew K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Radararadar altimeter; Wave climate; Wave height

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034463720     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2000.9516973     Document Type: Article

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