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| Penduff, T; Colin De Verdiere, Emmanuel; Barnier, B. |
| The mean circulation of the eastern North Atlantic is investigated using a regional 0.8 degrees x cos(latitude)-resolution configuration of the SPEM primitive equation sigma coordinate model, forced by seasonal and monthly surface fluxes. The computational domain is surrounded by three self-adapting open boundaries which evacuate the outgoing perturbations and laterally control the baroclinic modes in inflow regions, but let the model adjust the barotropic Mode to a large extent. The final solution is stable and reproduces most features of the basin's mean circulation well: A realistic Azores Current, the observed paths and transports of subpolar currents, of the branches of the North Atlantic Current, of the intergyre zone modal and intermediate water... |
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| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/10274/9577.pdf |
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