Synoptic forcing of wave states in the southeast Chukchi Sea, Alaska, at an offshore location

Natural Hazards

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1169-1189

  Francis, Oceana P ^a   Atkinson, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Delong Mountain transportation system; Offshore; Recording Doppler Current Profiler; Storms; Waves; Wind

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STORM; SWELL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861683123     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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