Calibration of a new wind-wave hindcast in the Western Mediterranean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 121-122, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Martínez Asensio, Adrián ^a   Marcos, Marta ^a   Jordà, Gabriel ^a   Gomis, Damià ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; SWH calibration; Wind wave hindcast

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; HINDCASTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPATIAL CALIBRATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

AQUACULTURE; MARINE ENGINEERING;

CALIBRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BUOY SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HINDCASTING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE CLIMATE; WIND FIELD; WIND WAVE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84877604021     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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