Evolution of ocean slicks under a rising wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Marmorino, George O ^a   Smith, Geoffrey B ^a   Toporkov, Jakov V ^a   Sletten, Mark A ^a   Perkovic, Dragana ^b   Frasier, Stephen J ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

DISPERSION; INFRARED IMAGERY; INTERNAL WAVE; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 46849110573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004538     Document Type: Article

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