A three-dimensional model study on processes of stratification and de-stratification in the Limfjord

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1515-1524

  Hofmeister, Richard ^a   Burchard, Hans ^a   Bolding, Karsten ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Bolding and Burchard ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Differential advection; Limfjord; Potential energy anomaly; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; EQUATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT MIXING;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIMFJORDEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67349099131     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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