A Model for the Exchange of Water and Salt Between the Baltic and the Skagerrak
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- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 13 (3) , 411-427
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1983)013<0411:amfteo>2.0.co;2
Abstract
A model for the exchange of salt and water between the Baltic and the Sea (the Skagerrak) is presented. Because of strong inter-basin interactions in the Baltic entrance area, the model must include the Kattegat and the Belt Sea. These are modeled by horizontally homogeneous two-layer sub-models. The most prominent dynamical properties of the sub-models are wind-driven entrainment flows and rotational-baroclinic, hydraulic controls. The model is driven by a meteorologically forced barotropic transport Qh [calculated from the freshwater supply to the Baltic (Qf) and the sea level fluctuations in the Kattegat], and turbulent entrainment flows coupled to the wind speed W and, in the Belt Sea, also to the barotropic transport. The most important bathymetric features of the basins are included. The model equations are integrated numerically for a test period of 1½ years. The stratification in the Kattegat, as well as in the Belt Sea, is quite well predicted. It is found that approximately one-half of ... Abstract A model for the exchange of salt and water between the Baltic and the Sea (the Skagerrak) is presented. Because of strong inter-basin interactions in the Baltic entrance area, the model must include the Kattegat and the Belt Sea. These are modeled by horizontally homogeneous two-layer sub-models. The most prominent dynamical properties of the sub-models are wind-driven entrainment flows and rotational-baroclinic, hydraulic controls. The model is driven by a meteorologically forced barotropic transport Qh [calculated from the freshwater supply to the Baltic (Qf) and the sea level fluctuations in the Kattegat], and turbulent entrainment flows coupled to the wind speed W and, in the Belt Sea, also to the barotropic transport. The most important bathymetric features of the basins are included. The model equations are integrated numerically for a test period of 1½ years. The stratification in the Kattegat, as well as in the Belt Sea, is quite well predicted. It is found that approximately one-half of ...Keywords
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