RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, VOL. 21, ES1006, doi:10.2205/2020ES000747, 2021

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• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methods
  • 2.1. Numerical Experiments
  • 2.2. Mixed Layer Depth Evaluation
• 3. Results
  • 3.1. The Time-Mean Circulation in the Norwegian Sea
  • 3.2. Vertical Cross-Sections in the Norwegian Sea
  • 3.3. Vorticity Maps and Generation of an Anticyclonic Vortex in the TOPO Experiments
  • 3.4. Winter Convection in the Norwegian Sea in the TOPO Experiments
  • 3.5. Eddy Kinetic Energy in the TOPO Experiments
  • 3.6. Eddy and Slope Convection (Linkage of EKE to MLD in the TOPO Experiments)
• 4. Discussion and Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Electronic Supplements
• References

• Figure 1. The study area. The color indicates bottom topography (m). The...
• Figure 2. Bottom topography for topographical experiments. Isobath carried...
• Figure 3. Time-mean spatial distribution of velocities, m s$^{-1}$...
• Figure 4. Mean velocity fields at the 500 m horizon (top) and vertical...
• Figure 5. Temperature at the 500 m horizon (top) and vertical cross-sections...
• Figure 6. Relative vorticity (color) and velocities (arrows) at the 95...
• Figure 7. Relative vorticity (color) and velocities (arrows) at the 95...
• Figure 8. Temporal variability of MLD averaged for the area of the LB (red),...
• Figure 9. Seasonal variability of the mean values of MLD from 1993–1997...
• Figure 10. Spatial distribution of MLD (m) in February averaged for 1993–1997...
• Figure 11. Spatial distribution of EKE (cm$^2$ s$^{-2}$) in February...

• Table 1. The Time (in Months) Necessary for the Generation of the Quasi-Permanent...

 
Citation: Belonenko Tatyana V., Vladimir S. Travkin, Aleksey V. Koldunov, Denis L. Volkov (2021), Topographic experiments over dynamical processes in the Norwegian Sea, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 21, ES1006, doi:10.2205/2020ES000747.
 

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