Open AccessFlow through Denmark Strait
Author(s) -
Käse Rolf. H.,
Oschlies Andreas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: oceans
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2000jc900111
Subject(s) - hydrography , geology , plume , hydrographic survey , flow (mathematics) , oceanography , climatology , meteorology , mechanics , physics
On the basis of hydrographic observations taken in the vicinity of Denmark Strait, a primitive equation model is used to investigate physical mechanisms that control the exchange through the strait. The dense water transport is topographically controlled and predictions by Whitehead [1998] and Killworth and McDonald [1993] are consistent with numerical model results. The distribution of temperature and thickness of the modeled plume is in good agreement with the high‐resolution hydrographic data.