Algorithm for Computing Monthly Averaged Inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea.

Abstract

Monthly averaged inflows of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea from September 1982 to August l984 are estimated from sea level measurements at Harstad in Northern Norway. An algorithm calibrated to direct measurements at Stad to the south, taking into account air pressure and wind, reproduces nine months of field measurements at Shetland to within a standard deviation of 15 %. Based on indices from newer data and numerical modeling, it is concluded that annual seasonal variability may well be influenced by hemispherical thermodynamical driving, but monthly variability is driven primarily by dynamical processes that modulate the sea level in the NE Atlantic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 1993
Accession Number
ADA328335

Entities

People

  • T. A. Mcclimans

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pressure
  • Algorithms
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Barents Sea
  • Continental Shelves
  • Data Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Norwegian Sea
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
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  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers