Energy and momentum dissipation through wave breaking

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Zhang, Shuwen ^a   Yuan, Yeli ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DISSIPATION; MOMENTUM; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 27744471243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002834     Document Type: Article

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