Sensitivity of wave model predictions to wind fields in the Western Mediterranean sea

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 920-929

  Ponce de Leon S ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ERA 40; Hindcast; HIPOCAS; Mediterranean Sea; Waves; Wind

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LOCATIONS; ERA-40; HINDCAST; HIPOCAS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELLING; OFFSHORE; OFFSHORE LOCATIONS; REANALYSIS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE HINDCAST; WAVE MODELS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEANS; WIND FIELDS; WINTER STORMS;

STORMS;

COASTAL ZONE; HINDCASTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 54349099460     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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