Estimation of friction parameters and laws in 1.5D shallow-water gravity currents on the f-plane, by data assimilation

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 247-257

  Wirth, Achim ^a   Verron, Jacques ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Friction laws; Gravity current; Ocean dynamics; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; METAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRIBOLOGY; WATER FILTRATION;

ASSIMILATION PROCEDURES; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTERS; FRICTION LAWS; FRICTION PARAMETERS; FRICTIONAL FORCES; GRAVITY CURRENT; GRAVITY CURRENTS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL LAWS; RAYLEIGH; SHALLOW WATERS; TIME SCALES;

FRICTION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DRAG; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRICTION; GRAVITY; KALMAN FILTER; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 55849150544     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0151-8     Document Type: Article

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