Experimental investigation of wave breaking criteria based on wave phase speeds

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1269-1283

  Stansell, Paul ^a   MacFarlane, Colin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

WAVE BREAKING;

WATER WAVES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINEMATICS; PHASE VELOCITY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0036565204     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1269:EIOWBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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