Decadal long simulations of mesoscale structures in the northern North Sea/Skagerrak using two ocean models

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-955

  Albretsen, Jon ^a,b   Røed, Lars Petter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mesoscale circulation; MIPOM; Model validation; North Sea; ROMS; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MIPOM; MODEL VALIDATION; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROSSBY NUMBER; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN CHANNEL; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 77956229308     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0296-0     Document Type: Article

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