Whitecaps in deep water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Plant, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPEED; WATER WAVES;

ACOUSTIC EVENTS; AT-SPEED; AZIMUTH ANGLES; BREAKING WAVES; DEEP WATER; DOPPLER SPECTRA; GROUP SPEED; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; PHILLIPS; STEEP WAVES; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVE SPECTRA; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND WAVE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; AZIMUTH; BREAKING WAVE; DEEP WATER; DOPPLER EFFECT; TRACKING; WAVE MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84865472482     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052732     Document Type: Article

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