The effects of resolution and viscosity in an isopycnic-coordinate model of the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 8 PART 1, 2001, Pages 1993-2018

  Megann, A P ^a   New, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035415248     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<1993:teorav>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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