Space-time structure of long ocean swell fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Delpey, Matthias T ^a   Ardhuin, Fabrice ^a   Collard, Fabrice ^b   Chapron, Bertrand ^c  

^a Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c CLS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; STORMS; TIME SERIES;

DATA SETS; DEEP WATER; EARTH RADII; FULL-FIELD; GREAT CIRCLE; GROUP SPEED; HEIGHT FIELDS; HINDCASTS; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; NORTH POLE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN BASINS; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SAR DATA; SEPARATION OF VARIABLES; SPACE-BORNE; SPACETIME STRUCTURES; TIME SHIFTS; WAVE MODES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; HINDCASTING; OCEAN BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWELL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES; WAVE FIELD;

ARCTIC; NORTH POLE;

EID: 78650488397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005885     Document Type: Article

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