The leaky funnel model, a metaphor of the ventilation of the World Ocean as simulated in an OGCM

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60 A, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 761-774

  Mouchet, Anne ^a   Deleersnijder, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VENTILATION;

EID: 47949090619     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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