Forecasting search areas using ensemble ocean circulation modeling

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1245-1257

  Melsom, Arne ^a   Counillon, François ^b   LaCasce, Joseph Henry ^c   Bertino, Laurent ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ensemble simulations; Lagrangian forecasts; Model validation; Ocean modeling; Search and rescue

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; LAGRANGIAN; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN MODELING; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRAJECTORIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CIRCULATION MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEARCH AND RESCUE; STOCHASTICITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84865694839     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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