Multiscale measurements of ocean wave breaking probability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3364-3375

  Banner, Michael L ^a   Gemmrich, Johannes R ^b   Farmer, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; WATER WAVES;

WAVE CRESTS;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0036982048     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3364:MMOOWB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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