Observed physical and environmental causes of scatter in whitecap coverage values in a fetch-limited coastal zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Callaghan, Adrian H ^a   Deane, Grant B ^b   Dale Stokes, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

COASTAL SITES; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; IMAGE-PROCESSING; MIXED SEAS; OPEN OCEAN; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SEA SURFACES; SPECTRAL INTENSITY; SWELL WAVES; TIDAL CURRENTS; WAVE SPECTRA; WHITECAP COVERAGE; WIND SPEED; WIND WAVE;

WAVES;

AUTOMATION; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; TIDAL CURRENT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVE;

EID: 60149100604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004453     Document Type: Article

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