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Some statistical properties of the inter-annual variability of the relative transparency of Black Sea waters

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The Secchi disk data-base compiled in the Black Sea from 1992 to 1993 has been investigated. The space-time variability of statistical properties (RMS deviations and trends) of the series of inter-annual anomalies of the relative water transparency is described.

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Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin.

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Kropotov, S.I. Some statistical properties of the inter-annual variability of the relative transparency of Black Sea waters. Phys. Oceanogr. 9, 333–338 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02522728

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