Wave conditions in the Baltic Proper and in the Gulf of Finland during windstorm Gudrun

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Soomere, T ^a   Behrens, A ^b   Tuomi, L ^c   Nielsen, J W ^d  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; STORM; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FORCING; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF FINLAND; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SAAREMAA;

EID: 39449129646     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-37-2008     Document Type: Article

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