MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian marine surface oil spill model for short-term forecasting-Part 2: Numerical simulations and validations

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1871-1888

  De Dominicis, M ^a   Pinardi, N ^b   Zodiatis, G ^c   Archetti, R ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84887292872     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1871-2013     Document Type: Review

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