Coupled ocean-atmosphere nested modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Pullen, Julie ^a   Doyle, James D ^a   Hodur, Richard ^a   Ogston, Andrea ^b   Book, Jeffrey W ^a   Perkins, Henry ^a   Signell, Richard ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; High resolution modeling; Model validation; Nested modeling; Ocean atmosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1642538956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001780     Document Type: Article

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