The performance of the parameterisations of vertical turbulence in the 3D modelling of hydrodynamics in the Baltic Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 50-51, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-79

  Tuomi, Laura ^a,b   Myrberg, Kai ^a,c   Lehmann, Andreas ^d  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

COHERENS; Mixed layer depth; The Baltic Sea; The Gulf of Finland; Vertical turbulence parameterisations

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 84871823159     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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