Impact assessment of advanced coupling features in a tide-surge-wave model, POLCOMS-WAM, in a shallow water application

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Brown, Jennifer M ^a   Bolaños, Rodolfo ^a   Wolf, Judith ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced coupling; Liverpool Bay; POLCOMS; Shallow water; Tide surge wave modelling; WAM

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COUPLING; LIVERPOOL BAY; POLCOMS; SHALLOW WATERS; WAM;

STORMS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COUPLING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATION BALANCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CYCLE; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; IRISH SEA; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79954585116     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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