Quasi-operational coastal ocean nowcast/forecast systems

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-193

  Mooers, Christopher N K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ocean models; Diagnostic studies; Nowcast forecast systems; Skill assessments

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; REAL TIME;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951569385     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2009.06.08.04(IWNOP)     Document Type: Article

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