Direct observations of a medium-intensity inflow into the Baltic Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2393-2414

  Sellschopp, Jürgen ^a   Arneborg, Lars ^b   Knoll, Michaela ^a   Fiekas, Volker ^a   Gerdes, Frank ^a   Burchard, Hans ^c   Ulrich Lass, Hans ^c   Mohrholz, Volker ^c   Umlauf, Lars ^c  

^a FWG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Inflow; Marginal seas; Salinity stratification; Water masses; Water mixing

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIFURCATION; INFLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER;

ARKONA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 33750459705     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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