Development of a real-time regional ocean forecast system with application to a domain off the U.S east coast

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-79

  Breaker, Laurence C ^a   Rao, Desiraju B ^b   Kelley, John G W ^c   Balasubramaniyan, Bhavani ^d  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORECASTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

OCEAN FORECASTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 4143150530     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533204787522424     Document Type: Article

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