Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-563-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-563-2010
08 Jun 2010
 | 08 Jun 2010

On the numerical resolution of the bottom layer in simulations of oceanic gravity currents

N. Laanaia, A. Wirth, J. M. Molines, B. Barnier, and J. Verron

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