Performance of Satellite-based Ocean Forecasting (SOFT) systems: A study in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 717-729

  Alvarez, Alberto ^a  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; NOISE ABATEMENT; SATELLITES;

SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038543364     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)20<717:POSBOF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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