Observations and predictions of summertime winds on the Skagit tidal flats, Washington

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Raubenheimer, Britt ^a   Ralston, David K ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a   Giffen, Dana ^a,b   Signell, Richard P ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Anchor QEA LLC   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale atmospheric model; Puget Sound; Tidal flats; Winds

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT; WIND VELOCITY;

PUGET SOUND; SKAGIT ESTUARY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84879411098     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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