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On the growth rate of wind‐generated waves

M. Donelan National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario
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M. Skafel National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario
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H. Graber Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
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P. Liu Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
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D. Schwab Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
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S. Venkatesh Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario
Pages 457-478 | Received 08 Apr 1991, Published online: 19 Nov 2010

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