Density driven currents in the Barents Sea calculated by a numerical model

• Published in: Modeling, Identification and Control: A Norwegian Research Bulletin
• Main Authors: Dag Slagstad, Kjell Støle-Hansen, Harald Loeng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Society of Automatic Control 1990
• Subjects: Hydrodynamical model; simulation; Electronic computers. Computer science; QA75.5-76.95; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Hopen; Svalbard; Tromsøflaket; Novaya Zemlya
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4173/mic.1990.4.1; https://doaj.org/article/f19f55dd5cde4575adca31afb155e765

A baroclinic, 3-D model is described. It is adapted to a Barents Sea situation in order to simulate the currents in this area. The model is of a so-called level type which contains fixed, but permeable levels. It also includes thermodynamics which allow freezing and melting of ice. Using density dat...