| Title |
Long term water level and surface temperature changes in the lagoons of the southern and eastern Baltic |
| Authors |
Dailidienė, Inga ; Baudler, Henning ; Chubarenko, Boris ; Navrotskaya, Svetlana |
| DOI |
10.5697/oc.53-1-TI.293 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Oceanologia.. Sopot : Polish Academy of Sciences. 2011, vol. 53 (1-TI), p. 293-308.. ISSN 0078-3234. eISSN 2300-7370 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Baltic Sea lagoons ; water level ; sea surface temperature ; climate change |
| Abstract [eng] |
The paper studies variations in the water level and surface temperature of coastal lagoons along the southern and south-eastern shores of the Baltic Sea: the Curonian Lagoon, Vistula Lagoon, and Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain. Linear regressions for annual mean water level variations showed a positive trend in water level, but at different rates. The highest rate during the period between 1961–2008 was recorded for the Curonian and Vistula lagoons ( 4 mm year−1), the lowest for the Darss- Zingst Bodden Chain (approximately 1 mm year−1). The warming trend of the mean surface water temperature in the lagoons was 0.03◦C year−1 in the period 1961–2008. Moreover, the variability in annual water temperature and sea level as well as their extreme values have increased most dramatically since the 1980s. |
| Published |
Sopot : Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2011 |
| CC license |
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