Extreme sea levels at selected stations on the Baltic Sea coast

Oceanologia

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-290

  Wolski, Tomasz ^a   Wiśniewski, Bernard ^b   Giza, Andrzej ^a   Kowalewska Kalkowska, Halina ^a   Boman, Hanna ^c   Grabbi Kaiv, Silve ^d   Hammarklint, Thomas ^e   Holfort, Jürgen ^f   Lydeikaite, Žydrune ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b MARITIME UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute   (Estonia)

^e SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^g ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Extreme sea levels; Storm surges and falls

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MOTION; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84899411257     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: 23007370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.56-2.259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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