Simulated halocline variability in the baltic sea and its impact on hypoxia during 1961-2007

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6982-7000

  Väli, Germo ^a,b   Meier, H E Markus ^a   Elken, Jüri ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; halocline variability; oupled physical biogeochemical modeling; oxygen

Indexed keywords

MODELS; RUNOFF; WIND STRESS;

BALTIC SEA; DECADAL VARIATIONS; HALOCLINE VARIABILITY; INTER-DECADAL VARIATIONS; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS;

OXYGEN;

HALOCLINE; HYPOXIA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIMESCALE; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84892988273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009192     Document Type: Article

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