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Surge Models as Providers of Improved “Inverse Barometer Corrections” for Coastal Altimetry Users

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Surge Models as Providers of Improved “Inverse Barometer Corrections” for Coastal Altimetry UsersP.L. Woodworth and K.J. Horsburgh

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Abbreviations

CNES:

Centre National d’Ėtudes Spatiales, France

COASTALT:

ESA development of COASTal ALTimetry

COOP:

Coastal Ocean Observations Panel of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

CS3X:

Continental Shelf model (at 3 times former resolution)

ECMWF:

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

FEMA:

Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA

GDR:

Geophysical Data Record

GOOS:

Global Ocean Observing System

HANSOM:

Hamburg Shelf Ocean Model

JCOMM:

Joint Technical Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

LIB:

Local Inverse Barometer

MOG2D:

2-D Gravity Waves Model

MOHID:

MOdelo HIDrodinãmico (Hydrodynamic Model)

MSS:

Mean Sea Surface

NAE:

North Atlantic and European atmospheric model

NCEP-NCAR:

National Centers for Environmental Prediction – National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA

NOC:

National Oceanography Centre

OCCAM:

Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project

PISTACH:

Prototype Innovant de Système de Traitment pour l’Altimétrie Côtière et l’Hydrologie

SEPRISE:

Sustained, Efficient Production of Required Information and Services within Europe

T/P:

TOPEX/Poseidon

T-UGO:

Toulouse – Unstructured Grid Ocean model

WMO:

World Meteorological Organisation

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Acknowledgements

We thank Jane Williams for help with many aspects of research into storm surges.

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Woodworth, P.L., Horsburgh, K.J. (2011). Surge Models as Providers of Improved “Inverse Barometer Corrections” for Coastal Altimetry Users. In: Vignudelli, S., Kostianoy, A., Cipollini, P., Benveniste, J. (eds) Coastal Altimetry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12796-0_7

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