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Modelling the Ocean Circulation

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Long-Term Climatic Variations

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After a brief presentation of the ocean properties, the set of equations used in global ocean modelling is presented. Different technical choices can affect the solution: the system of coordinates, the grid, the numerical algorithms… The impact of physical choices is then presented. Present capacity of numerical modelling is discussed on two examples: a high resolution model of the tropical Pacific and a global circulation model.

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Delecluse, P. (1994). Modelling the Ocean Circulation. In: Duplessy, JC., Spyridakis, MT. (eds) Long-Term Climatic Variations. NATO ASI Series, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79066-9_4

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