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Quantification of Transports to Skagerrak

A modeling approach

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A coupled 3-dimensional physical, chemical and biological model system, NOR-WECOM (the NORWegian ECOlogical Model system), is used to identify and quantify the variability of the different water masses being transported in and out of Skagerrak. The model system consist of a fine grid for the Skagerrak/Kattegat area, embedded in a coarse grid for an extended North Sea.

The model has been run for several years, and the interannual variability in the transports has been identified and quantified. By running the model with real atmospheric forcing, it has become a tool for explaining some of the ecological characteristics in the same period.

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  1. Institute of Marine Research, Pb. 1870, N-5024, Bergen, Norway

    Morten D. Skogen, Gro Eriksrød & Einar Svendsen

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  1. Institute of Marine Sciences, METU, Erdemli, İçel, Turkey

    Emin Özsoy

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    Alexander Mikaelyan

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Skogen, M.D., Eriksrød, G., Svendsen, E. (1997). Quantification of Transports to Skagerrak. In: Özsoy, E., Mikaelyan, A. (eds) Sensitivity to Change: Black Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5758-2_26

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