Wave regime differences along the eastern coast of the Baltic Proper

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Kelpšaite, Loreta ^a,b   Herrmann, Heiko ^a   Soomere, Tarmo ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea oceanography; Environmental science; Visual wave data; Wave climate; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149234002     PISSN: 17366046     EISSN: 17367530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/proc.2008.4.04     Document Type: Article

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