Brief communication: Characteristic properties of extreme wave events observed in the northern Baltic Proper, Baltic Sea
A significant wave height of 7 m has been measured five times by the northern Baltic Proper wave buoy in the Baltic Sea, exceeding 8 m twice (2004 and 2017). We classified these storms into two groups by duration and wave steepness. Interestingly, the two highest events exhibited opposite proper...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/1653/2017/nhess-17-1653-2017.pdf |