Field measurements duration-limited growth of wind-generated ocean surface waves at young stage of development

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2316-2326

  Hwang, Paul A ^a   Wang, David W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SURFACE WAVES; WIND POWER;

DATASETS; DURATION-LIMITED WAVE GROWTH; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION MODE; WAVE DEVELOPMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FETCH; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND WAVE;

EID: 7044278162     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<2316:FMODGO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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