The Liverpool Bay coastal observatory

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1917-1926

  Howarth, John ^a   Palmer, Matthew ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal Observatory; Irish Sea; Measurements; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COASTAL FLOODING; COASTAL OBSERVATORY; COASTAL SEAS; COASTAL TIDE GAUGES; COUPLED MODELS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ELEVATED LEVEL; HF RADAR SYSTEMS; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-SITU; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRISH SEA; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODELLING; NEARSHORES; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHORELINE MANAGEMENT; SPACE AND TIME; SURFACE CURRENT; TEST SITE; WATER COLUMNS;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEASUREMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; RADAR SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME; SATELLITE DATA; SHORELINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE; WAVE MODELING;

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

EID: 81155150303     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0458-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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