Mean spring conditions at Helgoland Roads, North Sea: Graphical modeling of the influence of hydro-climatic forcing and Elbe River discharge

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Callies, Ulrich ^a   Scharfe, Mirco ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graphical Gaussian Model; Helgoland Roads; Inter annual Variability; Monte Carlo Simulation; Partial Correlation; Robust Regression

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPRING (SEASON);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELBE RIVER; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84947578607     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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