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Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

Part of the book series: Regional Climate Studies ((REGCLIMATE))

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In this introductory chapter, we describe the mission and the organisational structure of BACC, the “BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Basin” (http://www.baltex-research.eu/ BACC/). Short introductions of the specifics of the Baltic Sea Basin, in terms of geological history, climate, marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as some aspects of the economic condition, are provided. The different assessments of instationarities in the observational record are reviewed, and the concept of “climate change scenarios” is worked out. Finally, the key findings of the four main Chaps. 2 to 5 are summarised.

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    Hans von Storch

  2. Earth Sciences Centre - Oceanography, Göteborg University, Sweden

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von Storch, H., Omstedt, A. (2008). Introduction and Summary. In: Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin. Regional Climate Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72786-6_1

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