Exploring the interannual variability of extreme wave climate in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-40

  Izaguirre, Cristina ^a   Menéndez, Melisa ^a   Camus, Paula ^a   Méndez, Fernando J ^a   Mínguez, Roberto ^a   Losada, Inigo J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Extreme wave climate; Generalized extreme value distribution; Self organizing maps; Synoptic classification; Weather types

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EXTREME WAVES; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; WEATHER TYPES;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONFORMAL MAPPING; SEA LEVEL; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WATER WAVES; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; OCEAN WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84868242167     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.09.007     Document Type: Review

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