The meridional overturning cells of a world ocean model in neutral density coordinates

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 775-791

  Hirst, Anthony C ^a   Jackett, David R ^b   McDougall, Trevor J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NEUTRAL DENSITY; OVERTURN; WORLD OCEAN MODEL;

EID: 0029750310     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0775:TMOCOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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