The Met Office operational wave forecasting system: the evolution of the regional and global models

Valiente, Nieves G.; Saulter, Andrew; Gomez, Breogan; Bunney, Christopher; Li, Jian-Guo; Palmer, Tamzin; Pequignet, Christine

doi:10.5194/gmd-16-2515-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2515-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2515-2023

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

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09 May 2023

Model description paper |

| 09 May 2023

The Met Office operational wave forecasting system: the evolution of the regional and global models

Nieves G. Valiente, Andrew Saulter, Breogan Gomez, Christopher Bunney, Jian-Guo Li, Tamzin Palmer, and Christine Pequignet

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