Eddy-permitting simulations of the sub-polar North Atlantic: Impact of the model bias on water mass properties and circulation

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1177-1192

  Zhu, Jieshun ^a   Demirov, Entcho ^a   Dupont, Fred ^b   Wright, Daniel ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddy permitting ocean models; Model bias; Ocean circulation; Spectral nudging; The sub polar North Atlantic; Water mass properties

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL; SPECTRAL NUDGING; WATER MASS PROPERTIES;

CLIMATOLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EDDY; GYRE; MODEL TEST; POLAR REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 77958100065     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0320-4     Document Type: Article

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