Coastal observing and forecasting system for the German bight-estimates of hydrophysical states

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 569-583

  Stanev, E V ^a   Schulz Stellenfleth, J ^a   Staneva, J ^a   Grayek, S ^b   Seemann, J ^a   Petersen, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADIAL FLOW; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84867333633     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-569-2011     Document Type: Article

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