Geophysics of sea ice in the Baltic Sea: A review

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 129-148

  Vihma, Timo ^a   Haapala, Jari ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

BALTEX; Baltic Sea; Climatology; Gulf of Bothnia; Gulf of Finland; Sea ice; Sea ice dynamics; Sea ice thermodynamics; Sea ice thickness

Indexed keywords

BALTEX; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA; GULF OF FINLAND; SEA ICE DYNAMICS; SEA-ICE THICKNESS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUN; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALBEDO; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; NAVIGATION; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 67349199973     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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