The major Baltic inflow in January 2003 and preconditioning by smaller inflows in summer/autumn 2002: a model study

Autor: H. E. Markus Meier, Ralf Döscher, Barry Broman, Jan Piechura
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Oceanologia, Vol 46, Iss 4, Pp 557-579 (2004)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0078-3234
Popis: Using the results of the Rossby Centre Ocean model (RCO) the Baltic inflows in summer/autumn 2002 and January 2003 have been studied. The model results were extracted from a long simulation with observed atmospheric forcing starting in May 1980. In RCO a bottom boundary layer model was embedded. Both the smaller inflows and the major inflow in January 2003 are simulated in good agreement with observations. We found that a total of 222 km3 water entered the Baltic in January; the salinity of 94 km3 was greater than 17 PSU. In August/September 2002 the outflow through the Sound and inflow across the Darss Sill were simulated. The net inflow volume amounted to about 50 km3.
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