Dynamics of Short Surface Waves

Abstract

The long-term goal is to improve our understanding of radar backscatter from the ocean surface at wavelengths less than or equal to 20 cm, and of related processes such as surface mixing and bubble formation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628468

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Longuet-higgins

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capillary Waves
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Deep Water
  • Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Froude Number
  • Gravity Waves
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Military Research
  • Remote Sensing
  • Solitons
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Radar Systems Engineering.