Analysis of the variations of the whitecap fraction as measured in a coastal zone

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-360

  Lafon, C ^a   Piazzola, J ^a   Forget, P ^a   Le Calve, O ^a   Despiau, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Fetch; Waves; Whitecap coverage

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE WAVES; VAPORIZATION; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERFACE; FETCH AFFECTS; WHITECAP COVERAGE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BREAKING WAVE; COASTAL ZONE; FETCH; WHITECAP;

EID: 1842558616     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000016490.83880.63     Document Type: Article

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