FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Topography and grounding in a simple bottom layer model
BT 
AF SPEER, Kevin G
   TZIPERMAN, Eli
   FELIKS, Yizhak
AS 1:1,4;2:2;3:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;
C1 IFREMER,PHYS OCEANS LAB,BP 70,F-29280 PLOUZANE,FRANCE
   WEIZMANN INST SCI,IL-76100 REHOVOT,ISRAEL.
   INST BIOL RES,IL-76100 NESS ZIONA,ISRAEL.
C2 CNRS, FRANCE
   WEIZMANN INST SCI, ISRAEL
   IIBR, ISRAEL
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
IF 2.68
TC 17
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00193/30390/29227.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB A reduced-gravity model for a dense bottom layer under a motionless deep layer is used to investigate bottom layer flow with topography. The two competing effects in the model are topography, which introduces a topographic beta effect, and strong layer thickness variation, which allows for the possibility of zero-layer thickness or grounding. The goal is to arrive at a simple, observationally relevant characterization of the model which can help to distinguish different dynamical mechanisms operating in the ocean. Several regimes are identified, including situations for which the layer depth goes to zero with and without topography. Ways of distinguishing observationally between competing effects are suggested. The study is motivated by the observed shift of Antarctic Bottom Water in the western North Atlantic Ocean from the west to the east; this phenomenon is used to discriminate key elements of the model.
PY 1993
PD MAY
SO Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans
SN 0148-0227
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 98
IS C5
UT A1993LC97400015
BP 8547
EP 8558
DI 10.1029/92JC03018
ID 30390
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