Surface drift prediction in the Adriatic Sea using hyper-ensemble statistics on atmospheric, ocean and wave models: Uncertainties and probability distribution areas

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 86-98

  Rixen, M ^a   Ferreira Coelho, E ^a   Signell, Richard ^b  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric models; Forecast; Linear regression; Multi model super ensembles; Ocean models; Surface drift; Wave models

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; MULTI-MODEL SUPER-ENSEMBLES; OCEAN MODELS; SURFACE DRIFTS; WAVE MODELS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATABASE; ERROR CORRECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE MODELING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 36148984989     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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