Sensitivity of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea coastal and thermohaline circulations simulated by the 1/12°-resolution ocean model NEMO-MED12 to the spatial and temporal resolution of atmospheric forcing

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 43-44, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-107

  Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^a,b   Béranger, Karine ^b   Drobinski, Philippe ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal circulation; Mediterranean Sea; Shelf dense water; Upwelling; Winter deep convection

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; DEEP CONVECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SHELF DENSE-WATER; UPWELLING;

COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; WIND;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; WIND VELOCITY;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84856065956     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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