The effects on ocean models of relaxation toward observations at the surface

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-174

  Killworth, Peter D ^a   Smeed, David A ^a   Nurser, A J George ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE;

EID: 0034001090     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0160:TEOOMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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