Influences of topography on the modeling of abyssal water masses. Part I: Effects of channel representation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2851-2871

  Murray, Ross J ^a   Reason, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CHANNEL; CIRCULATION MODELING; DEEP-WATER MASS; MIXING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0033501337     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2851:IOTOTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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