Revisiting the Pierson-Moskowitz asymptotic limits for fully developed wind waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1301-1323

  Alves, Jose Henrique G M ^a   Banner, Michael L ^a   Young, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; WIND;

WIND-WAVE MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BREAKING WAVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WIND WAVE;

EID: 0041738018     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1301:RTPALF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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