Performance of operational systems with respect to water level forecasts in the Gulf of Finland

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-153

  Gästgifvars, Maria ^a   Müller Navarra, Sylvin ^b   Funkquist, Lennart ^c   Huess, Vibeke ^d  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Modelling; Models; Operational; Sea level; Water level

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; MICROFLUIDICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PAPER; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICS; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

BALTIC SEA; COASTAL FLOODING; ERROR LIMITS; FINNISH (CO); GULF OF FINLAND; OCEANOGRAPHIC MODELS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL MODELING; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS; QUALITY SYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL FORECASTING; SKILL ASSESSMENT; SPRINGER (CO); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS; WINTER STORMS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

FLOODING; FORECASTING METHOD; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 46649102621     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0137-6     Document Type: Article

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