Variations in wave conditions in Estonian coastal waters from weekly to decadal scales

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Soomere, Tarmo ^a   Zaitseva Pärnaste, Inga ^a   Räämet, Andrus ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

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