Evaluation of vertical coordinate and vertical mixing algorithms in the HYbrid-Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 285-322

  Halliwell, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 2342522154     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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