Modeling of two northwest Atlantic storms with third-generation wave models

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1229-1242

  Padilla Hernández, Roberto ^a,b   Perrie, W ^b   Toulany, B ^b   Smith, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

FINE-RESOLUTION WAVE SIMULATION; OPERATIONAL FORECAST WAVE MODEL; SIMULATING WAVES NEARSHORE MODEL; WAVE ACTION MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; SIMULATION; STORM; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 38849136543     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2005104.1     Document Type: Article

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