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Environmental studies initiated in conjunction with construction of a bridge across the Great Belt will offer some remarkable opportunities for scientific investigations. In this paper we provide some background to the studies and outline the oceanographic aspects of the environmental plan and its implementation. The combination of a twodimensional two-layer numerical model of the strait and a plan for comprehensive field measurements provides a unique chance for verifying the model, and thus deepening our understanding both of the modelling approach and of the fluid dynamics of the strait. In anticipation of the major field program some limited data were collected in a pilot study. Preliminary comparisons are encouraging.
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Farmer, D.M., Møller, J.S. (1990). Measurements and Modelling in the Great Belt: a Unique Opportunity for Model Verification. In: Pratt, L.J. (eds) The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits. NATO ASI Series, vol 318. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0677-8_5
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