Sensitivity of a global ocean general circulation model to tracer advection schemes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2730-2740

  Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^a   Suginohara, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; DIFFUSIVITY; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACER;

EID: 0033384890     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2730:SOAGOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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