A model of the air-sea momentum flux and breaking-wave distribution for strongly forced wind waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1811-1828

  Kukulka, Tobias ^a   Hara, Tetsu ^a   Belcher, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

AIR-SEA MOMENTUM FLUX; BREAKING WAVE DISTRIBUTION; WIND WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE FIELD; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND WAVE;

EID: 34548026091     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3084.1     Document Type: Article

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