Obtaining instantaneous water levels relative to a geoid with a 2D storm surge model

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-189

  Slobbe, D C ^a   Verlaan, M ^b   Klees, R ^a   Gerritsen, H ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Continental shelves; Geoid; Mean dynamic topography; Mean sea level; Vertical referencing

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOID; HINDCASTING; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM SURGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 84872678418     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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