A study of wave effects on wind stress over the ocean in a fetch-limited case

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Pan, Jiayi ^a,b   Wang, David W ^c   Hwang, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETCH; OCEAN WAVE; WIND;

EID: 19844369238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002258     Document Type: Article

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