Large halocline variations in the Northern Baltic Proper and associated meso- and basin-scale processes

Oceanologia

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages 91-117

  Elken, Jüri ^a   Mälkki, Pentti ^b   Alenius, Pekka ^b   Stipa, Tapani ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Currents; Gulf of Finland; Halocline; Mesoscale eddies

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; HALOCLINE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; OUTFLOW; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GOTLAND BASIN; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 33751513100     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: 00783234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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