Implementation and validation of a coastal forecasting system for wind waves in the Mediterranean Sea

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 485-494

  Inghilesi, R ^a   Catini, F ^b   Bellotti, G ^c   Franco, L ^c   Orasi, A ^a   Corsini, S ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Departamento de Pediatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DEEP SEA; FORECASTING METHOD; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84861548314     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-485-2012     Document Type: Article

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