Increased frequency of wintertime stratification collapse events in the Gulf of Finland since the 1990s

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-55

  Elken, Jüri ^a   Raudsepp, Urmas ^a   Laanemets, Jaan ^a   Passenko, Jelena ^a   Maljutenko, Ilja ^a   Pärn, Ove ^a   Keevallik, Sirje ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Destratification; Estuary; Gulf of Finland; Wind mixing work; Wind regime change; Wind induced straining

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; DE-STRATIFICATION; GULF OF FINLAND; WIND MIXING; WIND REGIME; WIND-INDUCED STRAINING;

ESTUARIES; SURFACE WATERS; WIND STRESS;

MIXING;

COLLAPSE; ESTUARINE FRONT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 84888392755     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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