Theoretical interpretation of fetch limited wind-driven sea observations

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1011-1020

  Zakharov, V E ^a,b,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Waves and Solitons LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 30744448987     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-1011-2005     Document Type: Article

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