Duration- and fetch-limited growth functions of wind-generated waves parameterized with three different scaling wind velocities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Hwang, Paul A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

FETCH; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 33645640268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003180     Document Type: Article

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