Observations of oceanic whitecaps in the north polar waters of the Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Stramska, Malgorzata ^a   Petelski, Tomasz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Polar Atlantic; Sea state; Sea surface; Wave breaking; Whitecaps

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND VELOCITY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142092244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001321     Document Type: Article

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