Radar investigation of the structure of wind waves

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-63

  Lamont Smith, Timothy ^a   Fuchs, Joern ^b   Tulin, Marshall P ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency downshifting; Radar; Wave groups; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; RADAR; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE;

EID: 0038445252     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022816422941     Document Type: Article

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