Sensitivity of an equatorial Pacific OGCM to the lateral diffusion

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 958-971

  Maes, C ^a   Madec, G ^a   Delecluse, P ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LODYC   (France)

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EID: 0000268980     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0958:SOAEPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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