The decay rate of ocean swell observed by altimeter

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2322-2333

  Young, I R ^a   Babanin, A V ^b   Zieger, S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circulation Dynamics; oceanic; Waves

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; DECAY RATE; OCEANIC; SOURCE TERMS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVE PREDICTION MODELS;

AIR; WAVES;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ALTIMETER; AMPLITUDE; OCEAN WAVE; PREDICTION; SWELL; WAVE MODELING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84888044067     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-083.1     Document Type: Article

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