Wave number spectrum and mean square slope of intermediate-scale ocean surface waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Hwang, Paul A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWER LAW; SLOPE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 28844441757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003002     Document Type: Article

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