Freshwater outflow of the Baltic Sea and transport in the Norwegian current: A statistical correlation analysis based on a numerical experiment

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Hordoir, Robinson ^a   Dieterich, Christian ^a   Basu, Chandan ^b   Dietze, Heiner ^c   Meier, H E M ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Freshwater fluxes; Norwegian coastal current; Numerical model; Statistical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RECONSTRUCTION; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORWEGIAN CURRENT;

EID: 84879536982     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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