Mean and eddy motion in the Skagerrak/northern North Sea: Insight from a numerical model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-220

  Røed, Lars Petter ^a,b   Fossum, Ingerid ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparison model data; Eddy motion; Formalism and models; Skagerrak northern North Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HYDROGEOLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVES;

COMPARISON MODEL-DATA; EDDY MOTION; FORMALISM AND MODELS; SKAGERRAK/NORTHERN NORTH SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 4944251367     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0076-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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