Dependence of salinity and oxygen concentrations in the Baltic Sea on large-scale atmospheric circulation

Climate Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-41

  Zorita, Eduardo ^a   Laine, Ari ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Climate change scenarios; Downscaling; Oxygen; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; OXYGEN; SALINITY;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0034123885     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr014025     Document Type: Article

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