Downwelling-related mesoscale motions at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland: Observations and diagnosis

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 15-36

  Laanemets, Jaan ^a   Pavelson, Juss ^a   Lips, Urmas ^b   Kononen, Kaisa ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Maritime Academy   (Estonia)

^c ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; Downwelling; Gulf of Finland; Jet; Vertical velocity; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

DOWNWELLING; EDDY; MESOSCALE MOTION; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25844432061     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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