The mechanical coupling between air and sea : an evolution of ideas and observations / Mark A. Donelan.: En13-5/91-124E-PDF

"The roughness of a water surface is parametrized in terms of the wind speed and wave age. Although the variation of equivalent drag coefficient over typical wave age ranges is not large, the distribution of momentum input to the spectrum moves towards the peak in young seas. The implications of this and the inevitable high wind speed saturation of short waves are discussed in the context of scatterometry"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
National Water Research Institute (Canada)
Title The mechanical coupling between air and sea : an evolution of ideas and observations / Mark A. Donelan.
Series title NWRI contribution ; 91-124
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-12).
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Burlington, Ontario : National Water Research Institute = Institut national de recherche sur les eaux, [1991]
Author / Contributor Donelan, M. A. (Mark A.), 1942- author.
Description 1 online resource (13, [8] pages) : figures.
Catalogue number
  • En13-5/91-124E-PDF
Subject terms Hydrography
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