Stability of the global ocean circulation: Basic bifurcation diagrams

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 933-948

  Dijkstra, Henk A ^a,b   Weijer, Wilbert ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER FLUX; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION; SALINITY FIELDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 23044503829     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2726.1     Document Type: Article

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