Generation of cyclonic eddies in the Eastern Gotland Basin of the Baltic Sea following dense water inflows: Numerical experiments

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 323-336

  Zhurbas, V M ^a   Oh, I S ^b   Paka, V T ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bottom intrusion; Cyclonic eddy; Major inflow

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; SALINE WATER; STORMS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TOPOLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CYCLONIC EDDIES;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CYCLONE; DENSE WATER; INFLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SALINE INTRUSION;

BALTIC SEA;

GOES;

EID: 0037225578     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00251-8     Document Type: Article

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