Modeling the combined impact of changing climate and changing nutrient loads on the Baltic Sea environment in an ensemble of transient simulations for 1961-2099

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2421-2441

  Meier, H E M ^a   Hordoir, R ^a   Andersson, H C ^a   Dieterich, C ^a   Eilola, K ^a   Gustafsson, B G ^b   Hoglund A ^a   Schimanke, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Baltic Sea Action Plan; Climate change; Eutrophication; Marine ecosystems; Numerical modeling; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84868146865     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1339-7     Document Type: Article

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