Observations and modeling of a pulsating density current

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Jul 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3514603b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 14, CiteID L14603

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Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: General: Continental Shelf And Slope Processes (3002), Oceanography: Physical: Nearshore Processes

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We investigate density current formation and flow in the northern Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea, using in situ observations and a high resolution, nonhydrostatic general circulation model. These density currents occur in relatively warm water ~20°C and are probably the warmest in the world ocean. We demonstrate the intrinsic nonlinearity of density currents by comparing two high-resolution simulations forced by different heat flux. This nonlinearity, which is poorly represented in global models, is shown here to affect the properties of simulated density currents. Such a bias in simulating density currents in global models may lead to significant biases on the larger scale global ocean circulation and water mass distribution.

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