Numerical modeling of fetch-limited waves in the Gulf of Tehuantepec

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-486

  Romero, Leonel ^a   Melville, W Kendall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DIRECTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY FLUXES; INTEGRAL PARAMETERS; MODEL SIMULATION; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; NONLINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RESONANT INTERACTION; RMS ERRORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SATURATION RANGE; SPECTRAL PEAK; SQUARE ROOTS; WAVE AGE; WAVE ENERGY DISSIPATION; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVEFIELDS; WIND INPUT;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ERRORS; OPTICAL RADAR; SUPERSATURATION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FETCH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 73049098263     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4128.1     Document Type: Article

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