High-resolution sea wind hindcasts over the Mediterranean area

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1857-1872

  Menendez, M ^a   Garcia Diez M ^b   Fita, L ^b   Fernandez J ^b   Mendez F J ^a   Gutierrez J M ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamical downscaling; Hindcast; Multiphysics; Offshore surface wind; WRF

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOWNSCALING; HINDCASTING; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WIND; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84897570667     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1912-8     Document Type: Article

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