Numerical discretization of rotated diffusion operators in ocean models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 PART 1, 2000, Pages 2711-2733

  Beckers, J M ^a   Burchard, H ^a   Deleersnijder, E ^a   Mathieu, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TRACER;

EID: 0033754090     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2711:ndordo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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