Internal pressure errors in sigma-coordinate ocean models due to anisotropy

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 140-156

  Thiem, Øyvind ^a   Berntsen, Jarle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Grid orientation; Internal pressure; Numerical ocean modeling; Sigma coordinates

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

INTERNAL PRESSURE ERRORS; OCEAN MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 29144467115     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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