Measurement of wind waves and wave-coherent air pressures on the open sea from a moving SWATH vessel

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 896-908

  Donelan, Mark A ^a   Dobson, Fred W ^b   Graber, Hans C ^a   Madsen, Niels ^c   McCormick, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HULLS (SHIP); LASERS; MASTS (BOAT); PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SENSORS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

LASER ALTIMETERS; SMALL WATERLINE AREA TWIN HULL (SWATH); WAVE COHERENT AIR PRESSURES; WIND WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; WAVE DIRECTION; WIND WAVE;

EID: 27544432415     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1753.1     Document Type: Article

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