Model simulations of dense bottom currents in the Western Baltic Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-220

  Burchard, Hans ^a   Janssen, Frank ^a   Bolding, Karsten ^b   Umlauf, Lars ^a   Rennau, Hannes ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Bolding and Burchard ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dense bottom currents; Entrainment; Mixing; Three dimensional numerical modelling; Turbulence modelling; Western Baltic Sea

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENTRAINMENT; INFLOW; MODEL VALIDATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 57749117860     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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