Large and small scale wave forecast in the Mediterranean Sea

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 779-788

  Bertotti, L ^a   Cavaleri, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT-1; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUIKSCAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77949392970     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-779-2009     Document Type: Article

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