Passive tracers in a general circulation model of the Southern Ocean

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 971-982

  Stevens, I G ^a   Stevens, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oceanography: general (numerical modeling; water masses); Oceanography: physical (general circulation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033416581     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0971-y     Document Type: Article

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