The influence of fetch on the response of surface currents to wind studies by HF ocean surface radar

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1107-1121

  Mao, Yadan ^a   Heron, Malcolm L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; DATA REDUCTION; DETECTORS; FISH; INDUCED CURRENTS; KETONES; MOMENTUM; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; THEOREM PROVING; TURBULENT FLOW; VECTORS; WAVES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; GROWTH FUNCTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) RADARS; OCEAN SURFACES; PAPER ADDRESSES; RELATIVELY CONSTANT; SEA STATES; STOKES DRIFT; SURF ACE CURRENTS; SURFACE CURRENT DATA; TOTAL RESPONSE; WIND SHEAR; WIND SPEED (WS); WIND VECTORS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; FETCH; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADAR; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 45749143271     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3709.1     Document Type: Article

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