Sea waves generated by extratropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean: Hindcast and validation against altimeter data

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 398-410

  Da Rocha, Rosmeri Porfírio ^a   Sugahara, Shigetoshi ^b   Da Silveira, Reinaldo Bonfim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Ciencias   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; SEA WAVES; SURFACE WIND VELOCITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALTIMETER; SURFACE WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER WAVE; WAVE GENERATION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 1842790081     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0398:SWGBEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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