Patterns of current-induced transport in the surface layer of the Gulf of Finland

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2011, Pages 49-63

  Soomere, Tarmo ^a   Delpeche, Nicole ^a   Viikmäe, Bert ^a   Quak, Ewald ^a   Meier, H E Markus ^b,c   Döös, Kristofer ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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