Spurious Mixing & Inflows

In a GMD highlight paper we report on spurious mixing retarding the representation of deep saline inflow events in a high-resolution general ocean circulation model of the Blatic Sea (pg. 1723, Figure 14). Here, we provide an additional visualization.

The problem arises wherever relatively fast bottom currents meet steep topography such as in between Sweden and Bornholm.

Location of animated section. The blue color denotes water depth.
Animation of salinity (color), surface mixed layer (dashed black line) and vertical velocities (white and grey contours for upwards and downwards velocities in units meter per day, respectively).

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