Refraction of a Gaussian seaway

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Heller, E J ^a,b   Kaplan, L ^c   Dahlen, A ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; REFRACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE ACTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 57049150226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004748     Document Type: Article

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