How slippery are piecewise-constant coastlines in numerical ocean models?

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-108

  Adcroft, Alistair ^a   Marshall, David ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTLINE; OCEAN MODEL;

EID: 0031801590     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i1.14514     Document Type: Article

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