Name: Baltic Sea mean salinity and temp File: balticmeansalandtemp.txt Date: 2005-12-06 By: Omstedt and Nohr(2004) Comments: This file contains the mean (vertically and horisontally averaged) salinity and temperature of the Baltic Sea References: Omstedt, A. and C., Nohr (2004). Calculating the water and heat balances of the Baltic Sea using ocean modelling and available meteorological, hydrological and ocean data. Tellus 56A, 400-414. Year Salt Temp Counter 1970 7.991 4.507 0 1971 8.019 4.920 1 1972 8.072 4.344 2 1973 8.047 5.233 3 1974 8.076 5.300 4 1975 8.134 5.422 5 1976 8.159 4.578 6 1977 8.146 5.166 7 1978 8.197 4.915 8 1979 8.201 5.174 9 1980 8.120 4.378 10 1981 8.049 4.341 11 1982 8.031 4.651 12 1983 7.978 4.993 13 1984 7.891 4.733 14 1985 7.839 4.191 15 1986 7.763 3.914 16 1987 7.642 4.180 17 1988 7.565 4.557 18 1989 7.488 5.030 19 1990 7.405 5.881 20 1991 7.388 5.379 21 1992 7.371 4.977 22 1993 7.347 4.982 23 1994 7.363 4.762 24 1995 - 5.166 25 1996 - 4.269 26 1997 - 4.845 27 1998 - 4.872 28 1999 - 4.910 29 2000 - 5.252 30 2001 - 4.981 31 2002 - 4.880 32