Note on the growth rate of water waves propagating at an arbitrary angle to the wind

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-183

  Meirink, J F ^a   Makin, V K ^a   Kudryavtsev, V N ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air flow; Growth rate of water waves; Water waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR FLOW;

WATER WAVES;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0037265131     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020835211837     Document Type: Article

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