Laboratory evidence of three-dimensional frequency downshift of waves in a long tank

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 235-237

  Trulsen, Karsten ^a,c   Stansberg, Carl Trygve ^b   Velarde, Manuel G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PLURIDISCIPLINAR   (Spain)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

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EID: 0346944998     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869915     Document Type: Article

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