On wind-wave-current interactions during the Shoaling Waves Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Fei W ^a   Drennan, William M ^a   Haus, Brian K ^a   Graber, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; COASTAL CURRENTS; DIRECTIONAL WAVES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HORIZONTAL SHEARS; IMAGING MODELS; MEAN-WINDS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT RADARS; OCEAN SURFACES; RADAR REMOTE SENSING; SEA SPECTRUM; SHOALING WAVES; STRESS VECTORS; SURFACE CURRENTS; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTIONS;

WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL CURRENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGING METHOD; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SHOALING WAVE; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

DUCK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63349095581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004998     Document Type: Article

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