Regional simulations of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow in a level model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-122

  Riemenschneider, Ulrike ^a   Legg, Sonya ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Faroe Bank Channel overflow; North Atlantic; Parameter sensitivity; z Level model

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES;

CHANNEL OVERFLOW; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY; Z-LEVEL MODEL;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FAROE BANK CHANNEL;

EID: 33847731194     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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