Tidal and wind-driven surface currents in the German Bight: HFR observations versus model simulations

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1567-1585

  Port, Alexander ^a,d   Gurgel, Klaus Werner ^b   Staneva, Joanna ^c   Schulz Stellenfleth, Johannes ^c   Stanev, Emil V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal oceanography; Complex correlation; HFR; Radar; Tidal analysis; Tidal currents; Wind driven currents

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; COMPLEX CORRELATION; HFR; TIDAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CURRENTS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELLIPSE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGERY; SURFACE WIND; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND FIELD; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELBE ESTUARY; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79955053473     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0412-9     Document Type: Article

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