An inconsistency between two classical models of the ocean buoyancy driven circulation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 477-481

  Straub, David N ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELLING; CLASSICAL MODELS; STOMMEL-ARONS;

EID: 0029905144     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i3.12073     Document Type: Article

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