Evaluation of horizontal gradients in sigma-coordinate shallow water models

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 489-514

  Fortunato, André B ^a,b   Baptista, António M ^b  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030503768     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1996.9649574     Document Type: Article

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