Modeling decadal variability of the Baltic Sea: 1. Reconstructing atmospheric surface data for the period 1902-1998

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Kauker, F ^a   Meier, H E M ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Climate reconstruction; Major Baltic inflows; Redundancy analysis; Sea ice ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; INFLOW; MODELING;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0344552821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001797     Document Type: Article

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