A note on the ocean surface roughness spectrum

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-443

  Hwang, Paul A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Friction; Radars radar observations; Spectral analysis; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; ASYMPTOTIC LIMITS; ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; C-BANDS; COMPARISON STUDY; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FRICTION VELOCITY; GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; INCIDENCE ANGLES; KU BAND; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION; NUMERICAL VALUES; OCEAN SURFACES; PARAMETERIZED; PHASE SPEED; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; ROUGHNESS SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL POLARIZATION; WAVE COMPONENTS; WAVE NUMBERS; WIND SPEED;

CLOUDS; FRICTION; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRIBOLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

OCEAN WAVE; POWER LAW; RADAR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79955005379     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO812.1     Document Type: Article

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