On the interaction of wind and steep gravity wave groups using Miles' and Jeffreys' mechanisms

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1023-1031

  Touboul, J ^a   Kharif, C ^b   Pelinovsky, E ^c   Giovanangeli, J P ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Sondages Electromag etiques de l'Environnement Terrestre   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 78650527565     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-1023-2008     Document Type: Article

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