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A method to reduce the spin-up time of ocean models

The spin-up timescale in large-scale ocean models, i.e., the time it takes to reach an equilibrium state, is determined by the slow processes in the deep ocean and is usually in the order of a few thousand years. As these equilibrium states are taken as initial states for many calculations, much com...

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Published in:Ocean modelling (Oxford) 2008, Vol.20 (4), p.380-392
Main Authors: Bernsen, Erik, Dijkstra, Henk A., Wubs, Fred W.
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