Temporal and spatial growth of wind waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-114

  Stiassnie, M ^a   Agnon, Y ^a   Janssen, P A E M ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY EQUATION; SHEAR VELOCITY;

WATER WAVES;

GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND WAVE;

EID: 33846988651     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2982.1     Document Type: Article

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