Development of a coastal upwelling front driven by advection and topographic effects in the North Sea-Baltic Sea transition

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 577-584

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a   Vang, Torben ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Regional Hospital of Vejle   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Fluorescence; Frontal structure; Inflow; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CURRENT; INFLOW; OCEANIC FRONT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0344287553     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(03)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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