Circulation patterns in the Gulf of Finland derived from the EOF analysis of model results

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2011, Pages 84-102

  Elken, Jüri ^a   Nõmm, Marden ^a   Lagemaa, Priidik ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

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