Assimilation of water level data into a coastal hydrodynamic model by an adjoint optimal technique

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1909-1934

  Zhang, Aijun ^a   Parker, Bruce B ^a   Wei, Eugene ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; The US East Coast; Water level; Wind drag coefficient

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036744201     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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