Refraction of surface gravity waves by Shear Waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-635

  Henderson, Stephen M ^a   Guza, R T ^a   Elgar, Steve ^b   Herbers, T H C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REFRACTION; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES;

BATHYMETRIC REFRACTION; SNELL'S LAW; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GRAVITY WAVE; REFRACTION; S-WAVE; SURF ZONE; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 33745236110     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2890.1     Document Type: Article

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