A global wave parameter database for geophysical applications. Part 2: Model validation with improved source term parameterization

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 174-188

  Rascle, Nicolas ^a,b   Ardhuin, Fabrice ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air sea fluxes; Hindcast; Mean square slope; Seismic noise; Stokes drift; Waves

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; HINDCASTS; MEAN SQUARE SLOPES; SEISMIC NOISE; STOKES DRIFT;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEISMOLOGY; WATER WAVES; WAVES;

PARAMETERIZATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATABASE; GEOPHYSICS; HINDCASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA STATE; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SWELL; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84882905368     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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