Demonstrating the Alaska Ocean Observing System in Prince William Sound

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schoch, G Carl ^a,b   McCammon, Molly ^b  

^a Coastwise Services ^*  (United States)

^b Alaska Ocean Observing System   (United States)

Author keywords

Observing system experiment; Ocean circulation forecasts; Ocean observations; Wave forecasts; Weather forecasts

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OIL SPILL; SATELLITE SENSOR; WATER COLUMN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880705851     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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