Development of a pilot Brazilian regional operational ocean forecast system, REMO-OOF

Journal of Operational Oceanography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 3-15

  Marta Almeida, M ^a,b   Pereira, J ^b   Cirano, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

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EID: 84861541616     PISSN: 1755876X     EISSN: 17558778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2011.11020123     Document Type: Article

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