Evaluation of a shallow water unstructured mesh model for the North Sea-Baltic Sea

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 124-136

  Kliem, Nicolai ^a   Nielsen, Jacob Woge ^a   Huess, Vibeke ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Finite element method; Modelling; North Sea; Storm surge prediction; Tides

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; SURGES (FLUID); TIDES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA; STORM SURGE SYSTEM; TIDAL SIMULATIONS;

SEAWATER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SIMULATION; STORM SURGE; TIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33746680382     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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