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A theoretical analysis of the mixing associated with (horizontal) advection and dispersion is used to show that the larger scale, longer-term distribution of conservative tracers in the southern North Sea is primarily determined by the residual circulation pattern. Model estimates of this circulation have been substantiated from new year-long high-frequency radar monitoring of flow through the Dover Strait.
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Prandle, D., Jago, C.F., Jones, S.E., Purdie, D.A., Tappin, A. (1994). The influence of horizontal circulation on the supply and distribution of tracers. In: Charnock, H., Dyer, K.R., Huthnance, J.M., Liss, P.S., Simpson, J.H., Tett, P.B. (eds) Understanding the North Sea System. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1236-9_3
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