Estimating the internal pressure gradient errors in a σ-coordinate ocean model for the Nordic Seas

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 57, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 417-429

  Berntsen, Jarle ^a   Thiem, Oyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

coordinates; Error estimation; Internal pressure gradients; The Nordic Seas

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

ATLANTIC WATER; HORIZONTAL VISCOSITY; INTERNAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAMOUNT; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 35549012301     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-007-0118-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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