Assimilating coastal wave observations in regional swell predictions. Part I: Inverse methods

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 679-691

  O'Reilly, W C ^a   Guza, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; SWELL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 0031870459     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0679:ACWOIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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