A mosaic approach to wind wave modeling

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-47

  Tolman, Hendrik L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosaic grid approach; Numerical methods; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

WAVES;

GRID SCALES; MOSAIC GRID APPROACH; MULTI-GRID; NUMERICAL METHODS; OVERLAPPING GRIDS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); TWO-WAY NESTING; WAVE HINDCAST; WAVE MODELING; WIND WAVES; WIND-WAVE MODELLING;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVE MODELING; WIND WAVE;

EID: 50849128159     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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