Effects of subgrid-scale mixing parameterizations on simulated distributions of natural 14C, temperature, and salinity in a three-dimensional ocean general circulation model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-523

  Duffy, Philip B ^a   Caldeira, Ken ^a   Selvaggi, Jerry ^b   Hoffert, Martin I ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; MIXING PROCESSES; OGCM; PARAMETERIZATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030697126     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0498:EOSSMP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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