The zonal momentum balance in an eddy-resolving general-circulation model of the Southern Ocean

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 929-951

  Stevens, David P ^a   Ivchenko, Vladimir O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELLING; EDDIES; EDDY; GCM; MOMENTUM BALANCE; MONUMENTUM BALANCE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0030828614     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54007     Document Type: Article

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