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Parameterization of density-driven downsloping flow for a coarse-resolution ocean model in z-coordinate Cover

Parameterization of density-driven downsloping flow for a coarse-resolution ocean model in z-coordinate

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|Jan 1999

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Language: English
Page range: 412 - 430
Submitted on: Jun 22, 1998
Accepted on: Feb 2, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1999 Jean-Michel Campin, Hugues Goosse, published by Stockholm University Press
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