The analysis of sea surface imagery for whitecap kinematics

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-243

  Kleiss, Jessica M ^a   Melville, W Kendall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; AVERAGE LENGTH; DATA SETS; EXPONENTIAL FORM; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIRST MOMENTS; FUNCTION OF TIME; LONG WAVES; MOMENTUM FLUX; OBSERVATIONAL RESOLUTION; ORBITAL VELOCITIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PER UNIT; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SEA SALT AEROSOL; SEA SURFACE AREA; SEA SURFACES; SINGLE-VALUE; SPACE AND TIME; SURFACE CURRENT; TRANSLATIONAL VELOCITY; VIDEO IMAGE; WAVE ENERGY DISSIPATION; WAVEBREAKING; WAVEFIELDS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

VELOCITY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND WAVE;

EID: 79251543928     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO744.1     Document Type: Article

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