Comparison of wind and wave measurements and models in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 526-541

  Ardhuin, Fabrice ^a   Bertotti, Luciana ^b   Bidlot, Jean Raymond ^c   Cavaleri, Luigi ^b   Filipetto, Valentina ^b   Lefevre, Jean Michel ^d   Wittmann, Paul ^e  

^a SHOM   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e FNMOC   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy data; Meteorological models; Satellite data; Wave models; Waves; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WATER WAVES; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

BUOY DATA; BUOY WIND; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; SATELLITE DATA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

BUOY SYSTEM; HINDCASTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WIND;

EID: 33846695781     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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