Assimilation of directional wave spectra in the wave model WAM: An impact study from synthetic observations in preparation for the SWIMSAT Satellite mission

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 448-463

  Aouf, Lotfi ^a   Lefèvre, Jean Michel ^a   Hauser, Danièle ^b  

^a Division of Marine and Oceanography   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA; WAVE MODEL; WAVE PREDICTION;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SATELLITE MISSION; SIMULATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 33646193516     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1861.1     Document Type: Article

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