High resolution modelling of wind fields for optimization of empirical storm flood predictions

High resolution wind fields are necessary to predict the occurrence of storm flood events and their magnitude. Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) created a catalogue of detailed wind fields of 39 historical storms at the German North Sea coast from the years 1962 to 2011. The catalogue is used by the Nied...

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Main Authors: B. Brecht, H. Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Advances in Science and Research
Online Access:http://www.adv-sci-res.net/11/1/2014/asr-11-1-2014.pdf