Computational Kernel Algorithms for Fine-Scale, Multiprocess, Longtime Oceanic Simulations

Handbook of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 121-183

  Shchepetkin, Alexander F ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70350290478     PISSN: 15708659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-8659(08)01202-0     Document Type: Chapter

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