Wave breaking dissipation in a Young Wind Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-127

  Schwendeman, Michael ^a   Thomson, Jim ^a   Gemmrich, Johannes R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Circulation Dynamics; Fourier analysis; Gravity waves; In situ oceanic observations; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Observational techniques and algorithms; Remote sensing; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVEBREAKING;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SHIPS; VIDEO RECORDING;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGORITHM; GRAVITY WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE FIELD; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84892639568     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0237.1     Document Type: Article

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