General Oceanography of the Baltic Sea

State and Evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952-2005: A Detailed 50-Year Survey of Meteorology and Climate, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5-43

  Lass, Hans Ulrich ^a   Matthäus, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea oceanography; Continental shelf waves (CWS) kelvin waves, topographic waves, and eddies; Estuarine circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889479670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470283134.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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