Observations of steep wave statistics in open ocean waters

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-271

  Scott, Nicholas ^a,b   Hara, Tetsu ^a   Walsh, Edward J ^c   Hwang, Paul A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIND;

OCEAN WATER; STEEP WAVES; WAVE CRESTS; WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OPEN OCEAN; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

DUCK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144391494     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1702.1     Document Type: Article

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