Inclusion of thermobaricity in isopycnic-coordinate ocean models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2719-2729

  Sun, Shan ^a   Bleck, Rainer ^b   Rooth, Claes ^b   Dukowicz, John ^c   Chassignet, Eric ^b   Killworth, Peter ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION MODELING; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL DENSITY;

EID: 0033368661     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2719:IOTIIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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