Estimating the refractive index structure parameter (C2n) over the ocean using bulk methods

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1770-1783

  Frederickson, Paul A ^a   Davidson, Kenneth L ^a   Zeisse, Carl R ^b   Bendall, Charles S ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034521126     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-39.10.1770     Document Type: Article

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