Assessment and development of a sediment model within an operational system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sykes, Peter A ^a   Barciela, Rosa M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RATING; STATISTICS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

AGGREGATION/DISAGGREGATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INITIALIZATION METHODS; LOW CORRELATION; MEAN VALUES; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEDIMENT MODEL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SETTLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861417717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007420     Document Type: Article

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