The role of horizontal boundaries in parameter sensitivity and decadal-scale variability of coarse-resolution ocean general circulation models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-304

  Winton, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UCAR ^*

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARIES; COARSE-RESOLUTION; GCM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029752251     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0289:TROHBI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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