Laboratory study of the fine structure of short surface waves due to breaking: Two-directional wave propagation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Rozenberg, A ^a,b   Ritter, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Emitech Inc   (United States)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 19844374832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002396     Document Type: Article

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