Maximum steepness of oceanic waves: Field and laboratory

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Toffoli, A ^a   Babanin, A ^a   Onorato, M ^b   Waseda, T ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; LABORATORY FACILITIES; OCEAN WAVES; OCEANIC WAVES; SEA STATE; STATIONARY WAVES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; WAVE STEEPNESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

WATER WAVES;

BIOACTIVITY; OCEAN WAVE; SEA STATE; STANDING WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOKES FORMULA; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 77949284156     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041771     Document Type: Article

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