Closures used in zonally averaged ocean models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 791-804

  Wright, Daniel G ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^b   Mercer, Douglas ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; MOMENTUM; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

EID: 0031824016     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0791:CUIZAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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