Numerical simulation of the Red Sea outflow using HYCOM and comparison with REDSOX observations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-358

  Chang, Yeon S ^a   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Peters, Hartmut ^a   Xu, Xiaobiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES;

OUTFLOW; OVERFLOW; SALINITY PROFILE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DENSITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; SALINITY; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; BAB EL MANDEB; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 40949159365     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3697.1     Document Type: Article

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