Real-time sea-level gauge observations and operational oceanography

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1841, 2006, Pages 867-884

  Mourre, Baptiste ^a,c   Crosnier, Laurence ^b   Le Provost, Christian ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Model validation; North Atlantic; Operational oceanography; Sea level; Storm surge modelling; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; FLOODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS;

MODEL VALIDATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY; STORM SURGES; TIDE-GAUGE;

TIDE GAGES;

EID: 33645566141     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1743     Document Type: Article

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