Insights into the structure of the Wyville Thomson Ridge overflow current from a fine-scale numerical model

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1192-1205

  Stashchuk, Nataliya ^a   Vlasenko, Vasiliy ^a   Sherwin, Toby J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meridional Overturning Circulation; North Atlantic; Numerical model; Overflows

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATERS; DENSITY STRUCTURES; DOWNSTREAM FLOW; FAROE BANK CHANNEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY CURRENTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING PROCESS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SENSITIVITY; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUMERICAL MODELS; OVERFLOW CURRENTS; OVERFLOWS; PASSIVE TRACERS; THOMSON; UPSTREAM VELOCITY; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WATER MASS; WATER TRANSPORT;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

RIVERS;

BOTTOM WATER; BUOYANCY; COOLING; DEEP WATER; DENSITY CURRENT; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; TRACER; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE;

CIROLANA;

EID: 77956874788     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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