Energy diagnostics in a 11/2-layer, nonisopycnic model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1472-1476

  Røed, Lars Petter ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 1/2 -LAYER NONISOPYCNIC MODEL; CIRCULATION MODELLING; ENERGY DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 0031437492     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1472:EDIALN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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