Wind wave spectral observations in Currituck Sound, North Carolina

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Long, Charles E ^a   Resio, Donald T ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

DATA SET; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SHORELINE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND DIRECTION; WIND WAVE;

CURRITUCK SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41049087460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003835     Document Type: Article

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