Spatial variations in the wave climate change in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 64, 2011, Pages 240-244

  Raamet A ^a   Soomere, T ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Geostrophic winds; WAM model; Wave modeling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OPEN OCEAN; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE ACTION; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84857420318     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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