Model evaluation experiments in the North Atlantic Basin: Simulations in nonlinear terrain-following coordinates

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 239-281

  Haidvogel, Dale B ^a   Arango, Hernan G ^a   Hedstrom, Kate ^a   Beckmann, Aike ^b   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^c   Shchepetkin, Alexander F ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear terrain following coordinates; North Atlantic Basin; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033899549     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(00)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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