Evaluation of a near-global eddy-resolving ocean model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 591-615

  Oke, P R ^a   Griffin, D A ^a   Schiller, A ^a   Matear, R J ^a   Fiedler, R ^a   Mansbridge, J ^a   Lenton, A ^a   Cahill, M ^a   Chamberlain, M A ^a   Ridgway, K ^a  

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

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EID: 85006399793     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-591-2013     Document Type: Article

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