A method for improved representation of dense water spreading over topography in geopotential-coordinate models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 581-591

  Beckmann, A ^a   Doscher R ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; CIRCULATION MODELLING; DENSE WATER; TRACERS;

EID: 0030721647     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0581:AMFIRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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