Long-term storminess and sea level variations on the Estonian coast of the Baltic Sea in relation to large-scale atmospheric circulation;Tormisuse ja meretaseme muutused Läänemere Eesti rannikul seoses atmosfääri suuremõõtmelise tsirkulatsiooniga

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-92

  Jaagus, Jaak ^a   Suursaar, Ülo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Atmospheric circulation; Baltic Sea; Climate change; Sea level; Storm

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INHOMOGENEITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM; UPLIFT; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA;

EID: 84877353197     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: 17367557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2013.07     Document Type: Article

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