An analysis of the error space of a high-resolution implementation of the GHER hydrodynamic model in the Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-64

  Vandenbulcke, L ^a   Rixen, M ^c   Beckers, J M ^a   Alvera Azcarate A ^b   Barth, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ensemble run; Mediterranean Sea; Model error

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

A POSTERIORI; AIR TEMPERATURE (T); ANDERSON-DARLING (AD) TEST; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUD COVERAGE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS (D); ELSEVIER (CO); EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOFS); EVOLUTION (CO); FOURTH ORDER MOMENTS (FOM); GAUSSIAN; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERNAL MODEL (IM); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPATIAL AVERAGING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STATIONARITY (STRUCTURAL , LOCAL , STATISTICAL , ASYMPTOTIC); TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 48149101432     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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