Very high-resolution modelling of submesoscale turbulent patterns and processes in the Baltic Sea

Onken, Reiner; Baschek, Burkard; Angel-Benavides, Ingrid M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-657-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-657-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-657-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

Research article

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26 May 2020

Research article |

| 26 May 2020

Very high-resolution modelling of submesoscale turbulent patterns and processes in the Baltic Sea

Reiner Onken, Burkard Baschek, and Ingrid M. Angel-Benavides

Video supplement

The evolution of a submesoscale spiral R. Onken, B. Baschek, and I. Angel-Benavides https://doi.org/10.5446/46222

Short summary

In order to provide an aid for the interpretation of observations of the formation, structure, and dynamics of submesoscale patterns, a numerical model is applied in a double-offline-nested setup to a sub-area of the Baltic Sea. A model with 500 m horizontal resolution is nested into an existing operational model in order to create a realistic mesoscale environment. Turbulent patterns with horizontal scales < 1 km are resolved by a second nest with 100 m resolution.