Physical oceanography of the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea oceanographic research community is wide and the research history is over 100 years old. This book offers important background information for those working with biogeochemical processes in the Baltic Sea, because the physical forcing for those processes is of vital importance.
| Main Author: | Leppäranta, Matti. |
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| Other Authors: | Myrberg, Kai., SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin ; Chichester, UK :
Springer/Praxis Pub.,
2009.
Berlin ; Chichester, UK : 2009. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxix, 378 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Series: |
Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The Baltic Sea: History and geography
- Topography and hydrography of the Baltic Sea
- Water, salt, and heat budgets
- Circulation
- Waves
- The ice of the Baltic Sea
- Coastal and local processes
- Environmental questions
- Future of the Baltic Sea.