Performance evaluation of Wavewatch III in the Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-94

  Mentaschi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Besio, Giovanni ^a   Cassola, Federico ^a,b,c   Mazzino, Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^c Sezione di Genova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Error statistical indicators; Mediterranean Sea; Wave forecasting; Wave hindcast; Wavewatch III; WRF

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER WAVES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STATISTICAL INDICATORS; WAVE FORECASTING; WAVE HINDCAST; WAVEWATCH-III; WRF;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WAVE FORCE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WIND FORCING;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84929493818     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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