Abstract: A simple theory shows that the two-layer transport capacity of a constriction may be increased considerably by barotropic current fluctuations. This is confirmed by laboratory experiments. The effect may be of great ...

Abstract: This paper presents a dynamical model for the salinity and thickness of the upper layer in the Arctic. The parameters are the river runoff to the Arctic, the buoyancy supply through the Bering Strait, the export of ice ...

Abstract: In an earlier paper (Stigebrandt, 1976), a model was proposed for internal wave-induced vertical mixing in a sill fjord. The observational evidence for the theory at that time was rather sparse, but the void is materially ...

Abstract: The time-dependent vertical circulation of the Baltic Proper is modeled using a horizontally integrated model of high vertical resolution. A seasonal pycnocline model computes the properties of the mixed layer. Below this ...

Abstract: A one-dimensional seasonal pycnocline model, primarily intended for use in long-term circulation models, is developed. The model is of the two-layer (integral) type with a turbulent, well mixed surface layer and a nonturbulent, ...

Abstract: A new mechanism, the breaking of internal waves, is proposed to explain vertical mixing within the lower layers of sill fjords. The generation of the waves at the sill of a fjord is modelled assuming constant depth except ...

Abstract: Energy transfer from barotropic tides to baroclinic motions may take place at the ends of straits connecting stratified basins, implying generation of internal waves propagating into the basins. Different aspects of this ...

Abstract: The atmospheric net flow of water from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean is supposed to maintain the salinity difference between the two oceans. Assuming the existence of a subsurface level of no horizontal pressure gradient ...

Abstract: A model for the exchange of salt and water between the Baltic and the Sea (the Skagerrak) is presented. Because of strong inter-basin interactions in the Baltic entrance area, the model must include the Kattegat and the ...

Abstract: Baroclinic wave drag, due to internal wave generation at steep topography, is shown to be a mechanism that effectively subdues barotropic seiches in fjords. A two-layer model for a fjord with a sill at the mouth is applied ...