Modes of internal thermohaline variability in a single-hemispheric ocean basin

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-516

  te Raa, Lianke A ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0344961859     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224003322384906     Document Type: Article

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