Predictability of extreme meteo-oceanographic events in the adriatic sea

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 647, 2010, Pages 400-413

  Cavaleri, L ^a   Bertotti, L ^a   Buizza, R ^b   Buzzi, A ^c   Masato, V ^a   Umgiesser, G ^a   Zampieri, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Historical storms; Meteorological modelling; Surge; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; DOWNSCALING; FLOOD EVENT; LOSS OF LIFE; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SEA STATE; SEVERE STORMS; SYSTEM-BASED; WIND WAVE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEA STATE; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM; STORM SURGE; WIND WAVE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 77949350429     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.567     Document Type: Article

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