Variability of the baroclinic Rossby radius in the Gulf of Finland

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 563-573

  Alenius, Pekka ^a   Nekrasov, Alexei ^b   Myrberg, Kai ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Baroclinic mode; Gulf of Finland; Modelling; Rossby radius; Seasonal variability; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 0242668684     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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