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Waves in Random Media Volume 6, 1996 - Issue 4
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Non-Gaussian statistical model of the ocean surface for wave-scattering theories

Viatcheslav V Tatarskii Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, and NOAA, Environmental Technology Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
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Valerian I Tatarskii Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, and NOAA, Environmental Technology Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
Pages 419-435 | Received 15 Jul 1996, Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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