An 11-year validation of wave-surge modelling in the Irish Sea, using a nested POLCOMS-WAM modelling system

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 118-128

  Brown, Jennifer M ^a   Souza, Alejandro J ^a   Wolf, Judith ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern Irish Sea; Long term model validation; Model nesting; POLCOMS; WAM; Wave tide surge modelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOODING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; COUPLED MODELS; FLOOD RISKS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRISH SEA; LONG-TERM MODEL VALIDATION; LONG-TERM TREND; LOW LEVEL; MODEL VALIDATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN MODELLING; SPECTRAL WAVE MODELS; STORM EVENTS; STUDY AREAS; TIME PERIODS; TWO CLASSIFICATION; WATER ELEVATION; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION;

OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; STORM SURGE; SWELL; WAVE MODELING; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 77949915373     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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