Temporal and spatial variation of the drag coefficient of a developing sea under steady wind-forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Hwang, Paul A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 24944504282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002912     Document Type: Article

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