Breaking of ocean surface waves

Acta Physica Slovaca

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-535

  Babanin, A V ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breaking onset; Breaking probability occurrence; Breaking severity strength; Breaking threshold; Cumulative effect; Induced breaking; Limiting breaking steepness; Wave breaking; Wave breaking phases; Whitecapping dissipation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749124519     PISSN: 03230465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10155-010-0097-5     Document Type: Article

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