Using wavelet spectrum analysis to resolve breaking events in the wind wave time series

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3335-3345

  Liu, P C ^a   Babanin, A V ^b  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (waves and tides); Oceanography; physical (instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; WAVE BREAKING; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND WAVE;

EID: 10644263458     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3335-2004     Document Type: Article

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