Tide-surge-wave modelling and forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea with focus on the Italian coast

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-48

  Ferrarin, Christian ^a,b   Roland, Aron ^c   Bajo, Marco ^a   Umgiesser, Georg ^a,d   Cucco, Andrea ^b   Davolio, Silvio ^e   Buzzi, Andrea ^e   Malguzzi, Piero ^e   Drofa, Oxana ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Kassandra forecast system; Mediterranean Sea; Tide wave surge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL TIDE GAUGES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; ITALIAN PENINSULA; LOADING FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL GRIDS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ROOT-SUM-SQUARE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPECTRAL WAVE MODELS; STORM SURGES; THIRD GENERATION; TIDAL MODELS; TIDE-WAVE-SURGE; VARIABLE RESOLUTION; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE MODELS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WATER LEVELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM SURGE;

ITALIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

KASSANDRA;

EID: 84870577786     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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