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Wind Stress

Wind Stress is the tangential force per unit area exerted by the wind on the ocean surface, representing the shear stress component of air–sea momentum transfer that drives ocean surface currents and influences upper-ocean mixing.

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Measurements of wind-wave growth and swell decay during the Joint North Sea Wave Project (JONSWAP)

Klaus Hasselmann, T. P. Barnett, E. Bouws et al. · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) · 1973 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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Open Ocean Momentum Flux Measurements in Moderate to Strong Winds

William G. Large, S. Pond · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1981 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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A proposed spectral form for fully developed wind seas based on the similarity theory of S. A. Kitaigorodskii

Willard J. Pierson, Lionel I. Moskowitz · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1964 · 2.7K citations

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Turbulence and stress owing to gravity wave and tidal breakdown

Richard S. Lindzen · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 2.1K citations

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Wind stress on a water surface

H. Charnock · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1955 · 1.9K citations

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    Dudley B. Chelton

    Oregon State University, United States

    28 publications · 4.9K citations

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    Tetsu Hara

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    27 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Michael J. McPhaden

    NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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    R. J. Barthelmie

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    22 publications · 1.6K citations

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    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    19 publications · 2.5K citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    56 h-index

    289 publications

    22.9K citations

  2. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    52 h-index

    222 publications

    22.5K citations

  3. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    47 h-index

    174 publications

    14.6K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    44 h-index

    195 publications

    11K citations

  5. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    42 h-index

    186 publications

    18.7K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    281 publications

    15.6K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    40 h-index

    114 publications

    8K citations

  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Washington, United States

    38 h-index

    114 publications

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 491 publications · 40.9K citations

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  4. Renewable Energy

    191 publications · 12.6K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    153 publications · 10.6K citations

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