Preliminary results and Publications

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Publications (most recent up)

• AMBIO Volume 43, Issue 1, February 2014
  Special Issue: BONUS+ in Support of the Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Baltic Sea / Guest Editors: Andris Andrusaitis, Maija Sirola and Kaisa Kononen
  
  
• Biogeochemical Control of the Coupled CO2–O2 System of the Baltic Sea: A Review of the Results of Baltic-C
  by Anders Omstedt, Christoph Humborg, Janusz Pempkowiak, Matti Perttilä, Anna Rutgersson, Bernd Schneider, Benjamin Smith
  
  
• Hägg, H.E., S.W. Lyon, T. Wällstedt, C.-M. Mörth, B. Claremar, C. Humborg, 2013. Future Nutrient Load Scenarios for the Baltic Sea Due to Climate and Lifestyle Changes. AMBIO DOI 10.1007/s13280-013-0416-4, June 2014, online
  
  
• Edman, M., and A. Omstedt (2013). Modeling the dissolved CO2 system in the redox environment of the Baltic Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr., 58(1), 74–92 DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0074
  
  
• Omstedt, A., Edman, M., Claremar, B., Frodin, P., Gustafsson, E., Humborg, C., Hägg, H., Mörth, M., Rutgersson, A., Schurgers G., Smith, B., Wällstedt, T. and A. Yurova (2012). Future changes in the Baltic Sea acid-base (pH) and oxygen balances. Tellus B (2012), 64, 19586 DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.19586
  
  
• Reckermann, M., Brander, K., MacKenzie, B., and Omstedt, A., (Editors, 2012). Climate impact on the Baltic Sea: From science to policy. Springer Verlag. School of Environmental Research. Avaliable at: springer.com/978-3-642-25727-8.

Baltic-C Final Report here...

Gustafsson E. (2011). Modelled long-term development of hypoxic area and nutrient pools in the Baltic Proper. J. Mar. Syst. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.012

Reckermann M, Langner J, Omstedt A, von Storch H, Keevallik S, Schneider B, Arheimer B, Meier H.E.M. and Huenicke B (2011). BALTEX – An interdisciplinary research network for the Baltic Sea region. Environ. Res. Lett. 6 (2011) 045205 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045205

Baltic-C Building predicative capability regarding the Baltic Sea carbon and oxygen system. BONUS Briefing Number 5, 2011.

Hansson, D., and E., Gustafsson (2011). Salinity and hypoxia in the Baltic Sea since A.D. 1500. Journal of Geophys. Res., VOL. 116, C03027, doi:10.1029/2010JC006676, 2011

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.

Schneider, B., 2011. PO₄ release at the sediment surface under anoxic conditions: A contribution to the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea? Oceanologia, 53, 415 -429.



Baltic-C 2010 Annual Report



Baltic-C 2009 Annual Report



Omstedt, A., (2011). Guide to process based modelling of lakes and coastal seas. Springer-Praxis books in Geophysical Sciences, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17728-6. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.



Karin Wesslander, Per Hall, Sofia Hjalmarsson, Dominique Lefevre, Anders Omstedt, Anna Rutgersson, Erik Sahlée, Anders Tengberg, 2011. Observed carbon dioxide and oxygen dynamics in a Baltic Sea coastal region. Journal of Marine Systems, 86, pp 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.01.001



Grimvall A. and A. Omstedt (2010). Ocean acidification-data, models and the role of statisticians (In swedish: Havets försurning-data, modeller och statistikerns roll). Qvintensen. Medlemstidning för Svenska Statistikfrämjandet, Nr 4, 2010, sid 14-16. (http://www.statistikframjandet.se/QvintensenNyhetsbrev/tabid/297/Default.aspx). The article is in Swedish and will soon be available at the internet address given.

 

Rutgersson A., A. Smedman and E. Sahlee, 2010: Oceanic convective mixing and the impact on air-sea gas transfer velocity. Geophys. Res Lett ., in press

Sjöström, I. 2010. Future wind climate in the Baltic Sea region. Master thesis at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. Full thesis here...

Schneider B., Nausch G., Pohl C. (2010). Mineralization of organic matter and nitrogen trans-formations in the Gotland Sea deep water. Mar. Chem., 119, 153 -- 161.

Beldowski, J., Löffler, A., Schneider, B., Joensuu, L. (2010). Distribution and biogeochemical control of total CO2 and total alkalinity in the Baltic Sea. J. Mar. Sys., 81, 252 - 259.

Omstedt, A., (2010). Baltic-C: Building predictive capability regarding the Baltic Sea organic/inorganic carbon and oxygen system. BONUS in Brief November 2010, page 7.

Rutgersson A. and Smedman, A. (2010) Enhancement of CO2 transfer velocity due to water-side convection. J. Marine Syst., 80, 125-134.

Gustafsson, E., 2010. The Baltic Sea marine system – human impact and natural variations. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Gothenburg, Earth Sciences Centre, Publication A133.



Hansson, D., Eriksson, C., Omstedt, A., and D., Chen (2010). Reconstruction of river runoff to the Baltic Sea. Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2097



Wesslander, K., Omstedt, A., and B., Schneider (2010). On the carbon dioxide air-sea flux balance in the Baltic Sea. Continental Shelf Research 30, 1511-1521.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.014



Omstedt, A., Edman, M., Anderson, L., G., and H., Laudon (2010). Factors influencing the acid-base (pH) balance in the Baltic Sea: A sensitivity analysis. Tellus, 62B, 280-295. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00463.x



Baltic-C contributions at the 6th Study Conference on BALTEX, Miedzyzdroje, Wolin, Poland, 14-18 June 2010. Click here for references. Click here for conference proceedings (abstract volume)



Hansson, D., 2009. Ocean climate variability over recent centuries explored by modeling the Baltic Sea. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Gothenburg, Earth Sciences Centre, Publication A126.



Eriksson, C., 2009. Characterizing and reconstructing 500 years of climate in the Baltic Sea basin. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Gothenburg, Earth Sciences Centre, Publication A125.



Omstedt, A. (2009). Baltic Sea Marine system: An introduction. Lecture notes for the International Advanced PhD Course on: Climate impact on the Baltic Sea from science to policy. 27 July-5 August, 2009, Nexö, Bornholm, Denmark. Available from the author or here for download.



Reckermann, M., MacKenzie, B., Brander, K., A. Omstedt (2009). Summer climate on Bornholm - BALTEX co-organizes interdisciplinary Summer School. BALTEX Newsletter 13, pp. 1-2. International BALTEX Secretariat, GKSS, Geestacht, Germany



BALTEX (2009). BALTEX Phase II 2003-2013. Revised Objectives. International BALTEX Secretariat Publication No. 44, pp.92, GKSS Geestacht, Germany



Bernd Schneider, Seppo Kaitala, Mika Raateoja, Bernd Sadkowiak (2009) A nitrogen fixation estimate for the Baltic Sea based on continuous pCO₂ measurements on a cargo ship and total nitrogen data. Continental Shelf Research 29, 1535–1540.



Omstedt, A. , Gustafsson, E. and K., Wesslander, (2009) Modelling the uptake and release of carbon dioxide in the Baltic Sea surface water. Continental Shelf Research 29, 870-885. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.01.006. View abstract here...



Gustafsson E.O. and A. Omstedt (2009) Sensitivity of Baltic Sea deep water salinity and oxygen concentrations to variations in physical forcing. Boreal Environmental Research 14: 18-30.



Rutgersson, A., M. Norman and G. Åström (2009) Atmospheric CO2 variation over the Baltic Sea and the impact on air-sea exchange. Bor. Env Res.,14, 238-249.



Hjalmarsson, S., Wesslander, K., Anderson, L.G., Omstedt, A., Perttilä, M., Mintrop, L. (2008) Distribution, long-term development and mass balance calculations of total alkalinity in the Baltic Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 28(4–5), 593–601.



Omstedt A. (2008) Baltic-C: Building predictive capability regarding the Baltic Sea organic/inorganic carbon and oxygen system. BALTEX Newsletter 11, pp. 5-7. International BALTEX Secretariat, GKSS, Geestacht, Germany.



Omstedt A. (2008) Modelling the Baltic Sea acid-base (pH) balance. BALTEX Newsletter 11, pp. 14-16. International BALTEX Secretariat, GKSS, Geestacht, Germany