A new method for forming approximately neutral surfaces

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-172

  Klocker, A ^a,b   McDougall, T J ^c   Jackett, D R ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DENSITY; DIFFUSIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 77049123460     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-155-2009     Document Type: Article

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