Phase distribution of small-scale ocean surface roughness

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2977-2987

  Hwang, Paul A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE WAVES; WIND;

SURFACE VELOCITY DIVERGENCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER WAVE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0036880199     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2977:PDOSSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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