Interpretation of Doppler effect-based vertical velocity measurements in the coastal waters of Estonia, Baltic Sea: Possible influence of upwelling, Langmuir circulation and turbidity

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2009, Pages 193-203

  Suursaar, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Langmuir circulation; RDCP; Resuspension; Up and downwelling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PARTS; BALTIC SEA; BAROCLINIC; COASTAL WATERS; DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; DOWN-WELLING; ESTONIA; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FRONTAL ZONES; GAS BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; MEASUREMENT INTEGRATION; MINERAL PARTICLES; PRIMARY TASK; RE-SUSPENSION; SUSPENDED MATTERS; VERTICAL FLUXES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVES;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL WATER; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOWNWELLING; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; RESUSPENSION; TURBIDITY; UPWELLING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 71649102227     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/FSI090181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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