Evaluation of interior circulation in a high-resolution global ocean model. Part I: Deep and bottom waters

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2592-2614

  Gupta, Alexander Sen ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARTIC MARGIN; EDDY-PERMITTING MODEL; GLOBAL WATERMASS VENTILATION PATHWAYS; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATER; CIRCULATION MODELING; DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER;

EID: 13644257002     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jpo2651.1     Document Type: Article

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