Wind and wave storms, storm surges and sea level rise along the Estonian coast of the Baltic Sea

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2009, Pages 149-160

  Suursaar, U ^a   Kullas, T ^a   Szava Kovats, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cyclone tracks; Storm surges; Trends; Wave modelling; Wind climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953249649     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/RAV090131     Document Type: Article

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