Deep-water properties and surface buoyancy flux as simulated by a Z-coordinate model including eddy-induced advection

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1320-1343

  Hirst, Anthony C ^a   Mcdougall, Trevor J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CIRCULATION MODELLING; EDDIES; WORLD OCEAN;

EID: 0030467373     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1320:DWPASB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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