Long-term evolution of Baltic Sea wave climate near a coastal segment in Poland; its drivers and impacts

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 186-199

  Rózyński, Grzegorz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global processes; North Atlantic Oscillation; Significant wave height; Singular spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; CROSS-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; LONG-TERM TREND; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MULTI-CHANNEL; NON-TRIVIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SANDY BEACH; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATERBODIES; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BEACHES; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; POLAND;

EID: 74649084920     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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