Mozambique Channel eddies in GCMs: A question of resolution and slippage

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-67

  Quartly, G D ^a,b   de Cuevas, B A ^b   Coward, A C ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Indian Ocean; Mozambique Channel; Natal Pulse (current meandering); NEMO; Spatial resolution; Stability

Indexed keywords

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE; NATAL PULSE (CURRENT MEANDERING); NEMO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHANNEL FLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY; FLOW MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

EID: 84873452365     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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