Relaxing the boussinesq approximation in ocean circulation models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1911-1923

  Greatbatch, R J ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Cai, Y ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; WIND;

SEASONAL FORCING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; FLOW MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035517659     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1911:RTBAIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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