An oceanic general circulation model framed in hybrid isopycnic-Cartesian coordinates

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-88

  Bleck, Rainer ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 1842588302     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(01)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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