Modes of stratification in a semi-enclosed bay at the North Sea-Baltic sea transition

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a   Skyum, Poul ^a   Christiansen, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

barotropic flow; Kattegat; salinity variations; stratification; stratification number; transitional zone

Indexed keywords

BAY DYNAMICS; DENSITY INTERFACES; STRATIFICATION; TRANSITIONAL ZONE;

KATTEGAT;

EID: 0030569644     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0004     Document Type: Article

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