On the validity of layered models of ocean dynamics and thermodynamics with reduced vertical resolution

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-40

  Ripa, P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ocean dynamics; Thermodynamics; Vertical resolution

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033065044     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(98)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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