Kuršių marių hidrologinio režimo pokyčiai

• Main Author: Dailidienė, Inga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: hydrogeology; water levels; hydrometeorology; info:eu-repo/classification/udc/551; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://lsmu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/6217245.pdf; http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB6217245&prefLang=en_US

The Curonian Lagoon is a large shallow coastal water body in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea. The global climate change, the rise in water level could influence water ecosystems. The paper presents the spatial and temporal variation of water level, water temperature in the Curonian Lagoon. The mean water level is rising by approximately 0.30 cm year–1 in the Klaipėda Strait and 0.36 cm year–1 in the Curonian Lagoon near Nida during the period 1961–2005. The increase of water level is associated with changes in atmospheric circulation in the North Atlantic region that indicate correlations with the NAO index. The water level fluctuations in the Curonian Lagoon are caused by variations in air mass dynamics in the North Atlantic areas. Statistical long-term mean water levels, which are regarded as standard in Lithuania and used for engineering and hydro-technical purposes, should be corrected with regard to the water level trend to rise.