What do deep sea pressure fluctuations tell about short surface waves?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Farrell, W E ^a   Munk, Walter ^b  

^a Science Applications International Corporatio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

DEEP SEAS; DIRECTIONAL SPREADS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; PRESSURE SPECTRUMS; SEA SURFACES; SHORT WAVES; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE FREQUENCIES;

WAVES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOTTOM PRESSURE; DEEP SEA; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SEAFLOOR; SURFACE WAVE; WIND FORCING;

EID: 57749178812     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035008     Document Type: Article

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