Integration of a 3D variational data assimilation scheme with a coastal area morphodynamic model of Morecambe Bay

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-96

  Thornhill, G D ^a   Mason, D C ^a   Dance, S L ^a   Lawless, A S ^a   Nichols, N K ^a   Forbes, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D Var; Coastal morphology; Data assimilation; Morecambe Bay; Morphodynamic modelling

Indexed keywords

3D-VAR; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; MORECAMBE BAY; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELLING;

ATMOSPHERICS; BATHYMETRY; CALIBRATION; COASTAL ZONES; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURVEYS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERPOLATION; LIDAR; MATRIX; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SWATH BATHYMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; MORECAMBE BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863783294     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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