ENSURF: Multi-model sea level forecast-implementation and validation results for the IBIROOS and Western Mediterranean regions

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-226

  Perez B ^a   Brouwer, R ^b   Beckers, J ^b   Paradis, D ^c   Balseiro, C ^d   Lyons, K ^e   Cure, M ^e   Sotillo, M G ^a   Hackett, B ^f   Verlaan, M ^b   Fanjul, E A ^a  

^a Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d MeteoGalicia   (Spain)

^e MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^f NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGE; VISUALIZATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84859345044     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-211-2012     Document Type: Article

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