Comparison of HIRLAM wind data with measurements at Estonian coastal meteorological stations;HIRLAM-i tuuleandmete võrdlus mõõtmistega eesti rannikuala ilmajaamades

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Keevallik, Sirje ^a   Männik, Aarne ^b   Hinnov, Juhan ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonian coastal sea; HIRLAM version 6.4.0; Wind direction; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FORECASTING METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ESTONIA; PARNU;

EID: 77949317125     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2010.1.07     Document Type: Article

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