Characteristics of cyclones causing extreme sea levels in the northern Baltic Sea** The study was supported by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research (IUT20-11 and Grant ETF9134) and by the EU Regional Development Foundation, Environmental Conservation and Environmental Technology R&D Programme Project No. 3.2.0801.12-0044.

The basic parameters of extra-tropical cyclones in the northern Baltic are examined in relation to extreme sea level events at Estonian coastal stations between 1948 and 2010. The hypothesis that extreme sea level events might be caused not by one intense extra-tropical cyclone, as suggested by earl...

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Main Authors: Piia Post, Tarmo Kõuts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323414500152