Environmentally safe areas and routes in the Baltic proper using Eulerian tracers

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1375-1385

  Hoglund A ^a   Meier, H E M ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Coastal protection; Eulerian tracer; Fairway design; Numerical modeling; Oil spill

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; COASTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE; EULERIAN; HAZARDOUS CARGO; HYPOTHETICAL OIL SPILLS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM PROBABILITY; NUMERICAL MODELING; PASSIVE TRACERS; STATISTICAL MEASURES;

COASTAL ZONES; OPTIMIZATION; SHORE PROTECTION;

OIL SPILLS;

CARGO; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIPPING; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT; OIL SPILL; SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

EID: 84863490754     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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