Interannual, seasonal and regional variations of precipitation and evaporation over the Baltic Sea

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 484-492

  Omstedt, Anders ^a   Meuller, Lars ^a   Nyberg, Leif ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION OVER; FRESHWATER INFLOW; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION; SEA ICE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0031445044     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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29. This work was financed by SMHI and the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (contract G-GU 09151-307). The preparation of the precipitation data was carried out with financial support from SMHI and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency within the framework of the research program "Large-scale Environmental Effects and Ecological Processes in the Baltic Sea". Sten Bergström, Bengt Carlsson, Nils Gustafsson and Vera Kuyenstiema made some valuable comments on an earlier draft The typing by Gunilla Mild is also gratefully acknowledged.
30. First submitted 8 May 1996. Accepted for publication after revision 11 October 1996.