Seasonal near-surface dynamics and thermodynamics of the Indian Ocean and Indonesian throughflow in a global ocean general circulation model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2288-2312

  Schiller, A ^a   Godfrey, J S ^a   Mcintosh, P C ^a   Meyers, G ^a   Wijffels, S E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032987919     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2288:SNSDAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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