Upwelling dynamics in the Baltic Sea studied by a combined SAR/infrared satellite data and circulation model analysis

Oceanologia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 687-707

  Gurova, Evgenia ^a   Lehmann, Andreas ^b   Ivanov, Andrei ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Circulation model; Coastal upwelling; MODIS and SAR images

Indexed keywords

AQUA (SATELLITE); ENVISAT-1; HYDRODYNAMICS; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRA (SATELLITE); UPWELLING; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; HEL PENINSULA; POLAND; POMORSKIE;

EID: 84881241627     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.55-3.687     Document Type: Article

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