Open boundary conditions for long-term integration of regional oceanic models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-20

  Marchesiello, Patrick ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a   Shchepetkin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Ocean circulation; Open boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002127703     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(00)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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