Wind, waves, and acoustic background levels at Station ALOHA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Duennebier, Fred K ^a   Lukas, Roger ^a   Nosal, Eva Marie ^a   Aucan, Jérome ^b   Weller, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHONES; SEISMIC WAVES; SENSORS; STORMS; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; ACOUSTIC LEVELS; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC SPECTRA; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP WATER; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; LOCAL WAVE; OCEAN FLOOR; SEISMIC DATAS; WAVE INTERACTIONS; WAVE REFLECTIONS; WAVE SPECTRA; WAVEFIELDS; WIND SPEED; WIND WAVE;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DEEP SEA; HYDROPHONE; ISOTROPY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; SENSOR; SHORELINE; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE REFLECTION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

ALOHA STATION; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84858390721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007267     Document Type: Article

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