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The Baltic Sea Basin on 1 April 2004, as seen from the SeaWiFS satellite (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, GeoEye).
BALTEX Science Plan 2003-2012 (pdf)
BALTEX Implementation Strategy 2003-2012 (pdf)
BALTEX Phase II Flyer (pdf)
BALTEX Phase II Revised Objectives (pdf)
Announcements
Articles wanted for the next BALTEX Newsletter !
Please send scientific articles, news and information or meetings announcements or reports of relevance to BALTEX research. Deadline is 31 December 2011. For more information and back issues of the BALTEX Newsletter, see here...
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A Happy New Year 2012 from the International BALTEX Secretariat!
BALTEX (the Baltic Sea Experiment) is a Regional Hydroclimate Project (RHP) of the Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP) within the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
The research focus of BALTEX Phase I (1993-2002) was primarily on the hydrological cycle and the exchange of energy between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth, as they control and regulate the climate in a fundamental manner. BALTEX Phase II (2003-2012) has extended the scope of research to regional climate change, water management and biogeochemical cycles and transport processes in the regional
Earth system. The study region of BALTEX is the
Baltic Sea
and its hydrological drainage basin, which constitutes a unique European water basin, creating specific demands on models and scientific concepts.
NEWS
 BONUS call 2011 postponed to first half of 2012
The first thematic BONUS call for 2011-2014 which was planned to be launched on 1 December 2011, will be postponed to the first half of 2012 (no exact date yet). The project proposals shall address the strategic objectives of the BONUS strategic research agenda 2011-2017. The coming BONUS calls are targeting multi-partner and transnational projects, encouraging adequate participation of small and medium-sized enterprises and other end users. The calls will include research, innovation, training and dissemination activities. More...
New overview article about BALTEX. Here...
BALTEX-BONUS project ECOSUPPORT wins outreach award! More...
BALTEX Science Steering Group chairmanship restructured
As of the 27th BSSG Meeting in Warnemünde, 29-30 September 2011, Sirje Keevallik of Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology
, Estonia, was
approved as third chairperson of the BSSG. With the resignment of former BSSG chairman Joakim Langner, the group of chairpersons now
consists of the three co-chairs Sirje Keevallik , Anders Omstedt and Hans von Storch. More...
New Working Group installed to draft a Science Plan for the BALTEX successor programme
The group had its first meeting in connection with the 27th BALTEX Science Steering Group meeting in Warnemünde, on 29 September. A new science plan is expected to be available by later summer 2012. (From left: Eduardo Zorita, Andreas Lehmann, Thomas Neumann, Markus Meier, Benjamin Smith, Anna Rutgersson, Zita Gasiūnaitė, Karol Kulinski, Piia Post, Birgit Hünicke. Not on the photo, but in the group: Chantal Donnelly, Jari Haapala, Carin Nilsson.
New BALTEX Publications here
New Books
Omstedt, A.
Guide to Process Based Modeling of Lakes and Coastal Seas
Series: Praxis Books, Geophysical Sciences. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2011. 310 p. More
Ekman, M..
The changing level of the Baltic Sea during 300 years: A clue to understanding the Earth
Summer Institute for Historical Geophysics, Åland Islands, 2009. 155 p. More
now also available as pdf
Leppäranta M. and Myrberg K.
Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea
Series: Geophysical Sciences. Springer Verlag, 2009. 410 p. More...
BACC Author Team
Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
Series: Regional Climate Studies. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2008. 474 p. More...
New Articles
Kowalkowski, T., M. Pastuszak, J. Igras, B. Buszewski, 2012
Differences in emission of nitrogen and phosphorus into the Vistula and Oder basins in 1995-2008 - Natural and anthropogenic causes (MONERIS model)
Journal of Marine Systems, Vol. 89, pp. 48-60.
Lead Author: Tomas Kowalkowski, pinez"at"chem.umk.pl
Abstract
Pastuszak, M., P.Stålnacke, K. Pawlikowski, Z. Witek, 2011
Response of Polish rivers (Vistula, Oder) to reduced pressure from point sources and agriculture during the transition period (1988-2008).
Journal of Marine Systems, in press, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.017 Available online 28 November 2011.
Lead Author: Marianna Pastuszak, marianna"at"mir.gdynia.pl
Abstract
Gustafsson, E., 2011
Modelled long-term development of hypoxic area and nutrient pools in the Baltic Proper
Journal of Marine Systems, in press, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.017 Available online 28 November 2011.
Lead Author: Erik Gustafsson, erikg"at"gvc.gu.se.
Abstract
Reckermann, M., J. Langner, A. Omstedt, H. von Storch, S. Keevallik, B. Schneider, B. Arheimer, H E Markus Meier, B. Hünicke, 2011
BALTEX—an interdisciplinary research network for the Baltic Sea region
Environ. Res. Lett. 6 045205 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045205
Lead Author: Marcus Reckermann, marcus.reckermann"at"hzg.de
Abstract
Special Issue: Oceanologia, Vol. 53 (1-TI)/11, June 2011
6th Study Conference on BALTEX 2010, held at Międzyzdroje, Island of Wolin, Poland from 14 to 18 June 2010. selected papers. More
Schneider, B., 2011
The CO2 system of the Baltic Sea: Biogeochemical control and impact of anthropogenic CO2.
In G. Schernewski et al., Global Change and Baltic Coastal Zones, pp. 33 - 49, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0400-8_3, Springer Science+Business Media B. V. 2011.
Lead Author: Bernd Schneider, bernd.schneider"at"io-warnemuende.de
Abstract
Wesslander, K., P. Hall, S. Hjalmarsson, D. Lefevre, A. Omstedt, A. Rutgersson, E. Sahlée, A. Tengberg, 2011
Observed carbon dioxide and oxygen dynamics in a Baltic Sea coastal region
Journal of Marine Systems, Vol 86, pp 1–9, May 2011
Lead Author: Karin Wesslander, karin.wesslander@gvc.gu.se
Abstract
Lehmann, A., K. Getzlaff, J. Harlaß, 2011
Detailed assessment of climate variability in the Baltic Sea area for the period 1958 to 2009
Climate Research, Vol 46, pp. 185-196, March 2011
Lead Author: Andreas Lehmann, alehmann@ifm-geomar.de
Abstract
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Events
PLANET UNDER PRESSURE
London, UK, 26 – 29 March 2012
Early Registration Deadline: 20 January 2012
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European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012
Vienna, Austria, 22 – 27 April 2012
Abstract deadline: 17 January 2012
(15 Dec 2011 when support is applied for)
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