What is wrong with isopycnal diffusion in world ocean models?

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5 /5, 1998, Pages 367-378

  Mathieu, Pierre Philippe ^a   Deleersnijder, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

WORLD OCEAN MODELING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION; FLOW MODELING; OCEANIC GCM;

EID: 0032051733     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(98)10008-2     Document Type: Article

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