Assimilation of radar altimeter data in numerical wave models: An impact study in two different wave climate regions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-595

  Emmanouil, G ^a   Galanis, G ^a,b   Kallos, G ^a   Breivik, L A ^c   Heiberg, H ^c   Reistad, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC NAVAL ACADEMY   (Greece)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHT;

INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34047224981     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-581-2007     Document Type: Article

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