Methodology for a regional tidal model evaluation, with application to central California

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 199-218

  Rosenfeld, Leslie ^a   Shulman, Igor ^b   Cook, Michael ^a   Paduan, Jeff ^a   Shulman, Lev ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal tides; Tidal currents; Tidal model; USA, California, Monterey Bay

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC CURRENTS; COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DEEPWATER LOCATIONS; DENSITY FIELDS; DENSITY STRATIFICATIONS; HF RADARS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; INTERNAL TIDES; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; LONG TIME SERIES; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; MODEL DOMAINS; NEAR SHORES; PACIFIC OCEANS; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHTS; SPATIAL EXTENTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; SURFACE CURRENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL MODEL; TIDE GAUGES; USA, CALIFORNIA, MONTEREY BAY; WINTER SEASONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY BANDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; RADAR; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TIDES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERNAL TIDE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL TEST; MOORING SYSTEM; RADAR; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349212092     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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