Hypoxia in future climates: A model ensemble study for the Baltic Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Meier, H E M ^a   Andersson, H C ^a   Eilola, K ^a   Gustafsson, B G ^b   Kuznetsov, I ^a   Mller Karulis, B ^b   Neumann, T ^c   Savchuk, O P ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN;

BALTIC SEA; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL SEAS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; GLOBAL MODELS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LOADS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN FLUXES; WARMING CLIMATE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; RUNOFF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84855399642     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049929     Document Type: Article

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