Sea level forecasting in Venice through high resolution meteorological fields

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 223-235

  Zampato, Lucia ^a,c   Umgiesser, Georg ^a   Zecchetto, Stefano ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Istituzione Centro Previsioni e Segnalazioni Maree   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; high resolution winds; storm surge modelling; Venice

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM SURGE; WIND FIELD;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 34548513060     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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