Observations of Wind-Wave Coupling in Coastal California: Equilibrium Range, Drag Coefficients, and WaveWatch III Assessment


Allison Ho1, Sophia Merrifield2, Eric Terrill3, Bia Villas Boas4, Luc Lenain3 and Wallace Kendall Melville5, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States, (3)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (5)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States