On effect of wave breaking on short wind waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Kudryavtsev, Vladimir ^a,b   Johannessen, Johnny ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

0669 Electomagnetics: Scattering and diffraction; 4504 Oceanography: Physical: Air sea interactions (0312); 4506 Oceanography: Physical: Capillary waves; 4560 Oceanography: Physical: Surface waves and tides (1255)

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; WAVE POWER; WIND EFFECTS;

SEA SURFACE; SHORT WAVE ENERGY; WAVE BREAKING;

WATER WAVES;

SEA SURFACE; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND WAVE;

EID: 11844283257     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020619     Document Type: Article

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