Wavelet-based spatial comparison technique for analysing and evaluating two-dimensional geophysical model fields

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 223-230

  Saux Picart, S ^a   Butenschen M ^a   Shutler, J D ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84856903126     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-223-2012     Document Type: Article

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