Considerations on open boundary conditions for regional and coastal ocean models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1604-1613

  Marsaleix, Patrick ^a   Auclair, F ^a   Estournel, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROTROPIC VARIABLES; COASTAL OCEAN MODELS; OPEN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS (OBCS);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL ZONE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33845632813     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1930.1     Document Type: Review

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