The impact of waves on surface currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2126-2140

  Perrie, W ^a   Tang, C L ^a   Hu, Y ^a   DeTracy, B M ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

STOKES DRIFT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EKMAN LAYER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EID: 0344155133     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2126:TIOWOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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