A statistical approach to coastal upwelling in the Baltic Sea based on the analysis of satellite data for 1990-2009

Oceanologia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-393

  Lehmann, Andreas ^a   Myrberg, Kai ^b,c   Höflich, Katharina ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Modelling; Sea surface temperature; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84863443853     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.54-3.369     Document Type: Article

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