Comparison of thermally driven circulations from a depth-coordinate model and an isopycnal-layer model. Part II: The difference and structure of the circulations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2612-2624

  Park, Y G ^a   Bryan, K ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION;

LATITUDES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0035439559     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2612:COTDCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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