On the calculation of an attenuation coefficient for transects of ice-covered ocean

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2137, 2012, Pages 136-162

  Bennetts, Luke G ^a   Squire, Vernon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Sea ice; Surface gravity waves

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; SEA ICE; SURFACE WAVES;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; AVERAGING METHOD; EXPONENTIAL ATTENUATION; ICE COVER; ICE EDGE; NATURAL FEATURES; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PRESSURE RIDGE; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SCATTERING SOURCE; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84856002352     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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