A forecast experiment in the Balearic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 79-98

  Onken, Reiner ^a   Álvarez, Alberto ^b   Fernández, Vicente ^b   Vizoso, Guillermo ^b   Basterretxea, Gotzon ^b   Tintoré, Joaquín ^b   Haley Jr , Patrick ^c   Nacini, Elvio ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balearic Sea; Forecast model; HOPS; Mediterranean Sea; Operational model; SOFT

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BALEARIC SEA; FORECAST MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OPERATIONAL MODEL;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DAMPING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 40649091411     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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