The influence of increasing water turbidity on the sea surface temperature in the Baltic Sea: A model sensitivity study

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-331

  Löptien, Ulrike ^a   Meier, H E Markus ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Ocean modeling; Secchi depth; SST trends; Water turbidity

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; OCEAN MODELING; SECCHI DEPTH; SST TRENDS; WATER TURBIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; EXPERIMENTS; INVESTMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBIDITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

SEAWATER;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TURBIDITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 79960437574     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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