On the origin and pathway of the saline inflow to the Nordic Seas: insights from models

The behaviours of three high-resolution ocean circulation models of the North Atlantic, differing chiefly in their description of the vertical coordinate, are investigated in order to elucidate the routes and mechanisms by which saline water masses of southern origin provide inflows to the Nordic Se...

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Main Authors: New, A.L (Author), Barnard, S. (Author), Herrmann, P. (Author), Molines, J.-M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2001.
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