Characteristics of cyclones causing extreme sea levels in the northern Baltic Sea

Oceanologia

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-258

  Post, Piia ^a   Kõuts, Tarmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Extra tropical cyclones; Extreme sea level; Temporal clustering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PERIODICITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL CYCLE; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA;

EID: 84899420013     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: 23007370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.56-2.241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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