Satellite altimetry reveals spatial patterns of variations in the Baltic Sea wave climate

Kudryavtseva, Nadezhda; Soomere, Tarmo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-697-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-697-2017

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08 Aug 2017

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| 08 Aug 2017

Satellite altimetry reveals spatial patterns of variations in the Baltic Sea wave climate

Nadezhda Kudryavtseva and Tarmo Soomere

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Nadia Kudryavtseva, 07 Mar 2017
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- AC1: 'Response to reviewers, comments from authors', Nadia Kudryavtseva, 07 Mar 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (17 Mar 2017) by Anna Rutgersson

AR by Nadia Kudryavtseva on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2017)

ED: Publish as is (23 Apr 2017) by Anna Rutgersson

AR by Nadia Kudryavtseva on behalf of the Authors (03 May 2017)

Short summary

We discuss for the first time changes in the wave climate in the Baltic Sea over the last 2 decades derived from satellite altimetry data spanning over 26 years. We found in the study that there are variations in the wave climate of the Baltic Sea, which can be interpreted as being caused predominantly by a rotation of wind direction rather than increased wind speed, implying that associated variations in the airflow direction can be a dominant driver of regional climate changes.