Preoperational ocean forecasting in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea: Implementation and evaluation of the models and selection of the atmospheric forcing

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 268-287

  Brenner, Stephen ^a,b   Gertman, Isaac ^a   Murashkovsky, Alexey ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Levantine Basin; Mediterranean Sea; Numerical ocean models; Ocean forecasting; Wave forecasting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; LEVANTINE BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUMERICAL OCEAN MODELS; OCEAN FORECASTING; WAVE FORECASTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HINDCASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL VALIDATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE MODELING; WIND STRESS;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 33846919555     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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