Analyzing the physics of non-tidal barotropic sea level anomaly events using multi-scale numerical modelling in Singapore regional waters

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 404-419

  Kurniawan, Alamsyah ^a   Tay, Serene Hui Xin ^a   Ooi, Seng Keat ^a   Babovic, Vladan ^a   Gerritsen, Herman ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multi scale approach; Non tidal barotropic modelling; Sea level anomalies; Singapore regional waters; Tide surge interaction

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER LEVELS;

BAROTROPIC; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SINGAPORE;

SEA LEVEL;

ANOMALY; BAROTROPIC MOTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

STRAIT OF SINGAPORE;

EID: 84940900265     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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