A quasi-global 1/10° eddy-resolving ocean general circulation model and its preliminary results

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 3908-3916

  Yu, YongQiang ^a   Liu, HaiLong ^a   Lin, PengFei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

eddy resolving; mesoscale eddy; ocean general circulation model (OGCM); western boundary currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867043995     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5234-8     Document Type: Article

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