Dissipation in the Baltic proper during winter stratification

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Lass, Hans Ulrich ^a   Prandke, Hartmut ^b   Liljebladh, Bengt ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ISW Wassermesstechnik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Dissipation; Halocline; Inertial waves; Internal waves; Mesoscale eddies

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; STRATIFICATION; WINTER;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0141613110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001401     Document Type: Article

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