Do we require adiabatic dissipation schemes in Eddy-resolving ocean models?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2050-2063

  Roberts, Malcolm ^a   Marshall, David ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CIRCULATION MODELING; DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 0032996408     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2050:DWRADS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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