Estimating near-shore wave statistics from regional hindcasts using downscaling techniques

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-35

  Gaslikova, Lidia ^a   Weisse, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal protection; Shallow water; Statistical downscaling; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORE PROTECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES;

SHALLOW WATER; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE MODELING;

COASTAL ZONES;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORE PROTECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

EID: 33646862611     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-005-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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