A modeling study of the North Atlantic Current

• Main Author: Rowley, Clark David
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1997
• Subjects: Oceanography; Curl; Separation Point; Newfoundland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI9723572

A model of the Newfoundland Basin is configured using the Princeton Ocean Model and a regional historical hydrographic climatology. The model resolution is 1/8$\sp\circ$ in latitude and longitude, with 11 sigma levels in the vertical. The model forcing includes applied transports along the open boun...