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Salinity dynamics of the Baltic Sea
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Kai Myrberg
Finnish Environment Institute/Marine Research Centre Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Marine Research Institute, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Piia Post
Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Irina Chubarenko
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia
Inga Dailidiene
Faculty of Marine Technology and Natural Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Hans-Harald Hinrichsen
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Karin Hüssy
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of
Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Taavi Liblik
Department of Marine Systems, Tallinn University of Technology,
Tallinn, Estonia
H. E. Markus Meier
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock,
Germany
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping,
Sweden
Urmas Lips
Department of Marine Systems, Tallinn University of Technology,
Tallinn, Estonia
Tatiana Bukanova
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia
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The salinity in the Baltic Sea is not only an important topic for physical oceanography as such, but it also integrates the complete water and energy cycle. It is a primary external driver controlling ecosystem dynamics of the Baltic Sea. The long-term dynamics are controlled by river runoff, net precipitation, and the water mass exchange between the North Sea and Baltic Sea. On shorter timescales, the ephemeral atmospheric conditions drive a very complex and highly variable salinity regime.
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