The limiting wave height in wind-induced wave trains

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 735-752

  Massel, Stanislaw R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

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EID: 0348116310     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(97)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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