Simulation of density-driven frictional downslope flow in Z-coordinate ocean models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2163-2174

  Winton, Michael ^a,b   Hallberg, Robert ^a   Gnanadesikan, Anand ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; CIRCULATION MODELING; DENSITY CURRENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033021765     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<2163:SODDFD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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