Effects of wind trend and gustiness on the sea drag: Lake George study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Babanin, Alexander V ^a   Makin, Vladimir K ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DRAG COEFFICIENT; GUST; SEA STATE; WIND VELOCITY;

LAKE GEORGE [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549151930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004233     Document Type: Article

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