A high resolution hindcast of the meteorological sea level component for Southern Europe: the GOS dataset

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2167-2184

  Cid, Alba ^a   Castanedo, Sonia ^a   Abascal, Ana J ^a   Menéndez, Melisa ^a   Medina, Raúl ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Non tidal residuals; Numerical modelling; ROMS; Satellite validation; Storm surge; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891805932     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2041-0     Document Type: Article

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