Validation and intercomparisons of wave measurements and models during the EuroROSE experiments

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-28

  Wyatt, L R ^a   Green, J J ^a   Gurgel, K W ^b   Nieto Borge, J C ^c   Reichert, K ^d   Hessner, K ^d   Gunther H ^e   Rosenthal, W ^e   Saetra, O ^f   Reistad, M ^f  

^a SCEOS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

^d OceanWaveS GmbH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

EuroRose; HF radar; WAM wave model; Wave measurement; Waverider; X band radar

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

COASTAL MARINE OPERATORS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SPECTRUM;

ASTURIAS; BERGEN; GIJON; NORWAY; SPAIN;

EID: 0037369365     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(02)00157-6     Document Type: Article

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