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Residual circulation in the North Sea due to the M2-tide and mean annual wind stress

1977; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 30; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf02227045

0012-0308

E. Maier‐Reimer,

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

In a high resolving (mean grid size 11 km) barotropic numerical model of the North Sea tides the M2-tide is computed. Nonlinearities of the Navier-Stokesequation yield, in connection with an annual mean wind stress, a residual circulation fitting well to observational data. Some effects of this circulation are discussed in connection with pollution problems.