Some developments in baroclinic equations for estuarine arid coastal waters in recent years are reviewed.The advances arid sonic basic issues for vertical coordinate numerical models are summarized.

• 摘要回顾了近年来国内外河口、近岸海域三维斜压水流数值模式研究的进展，着重讨论了不同垂向坐标下三维水流模式的发展状况以及存在的问题。