| May 
                    18 | W6: Storm surges and flooding in the Baltic Sea | 
                 
                  | 9:30 | Josef 
                    Y. Cherniawsky Introduction: 
                    Storm surges and flooding in the Baltic Sea (NATO Science 
                    for Peace Project 981382)
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                  | I. Observations and Analyses of Sea 
                    Level Data (Chair: K. Klevannyy) | 
                 
                  | 9:50 | Aleksander 
                    Toompuu Extreme sea level statistics along the Estonian coast
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                  | 10:20 | Alexander 
                    S. Averkiev Calculation of extreme water level rises along the western 
                    part of the Gulf of Finland
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                  | 10:50 | Oleg 
                    P. Nikitin Sea level trends along the coast of the Gulf of Finland of 
                    the Baltic Sea
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                  | 11:20 | Coffee 
                    Break | 
                 
                  | 11:30 | Alexander 
                    B. Rabinovich On diurnal tidal resonance in the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland
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                  | 12:00 | Evgueni 
                    A. Kulikov Spectral analysis of sea level in the Gulf of Finland
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                  | 12:30 | Josef 
                    Y. Cherniawsky Sea level variability and trends from satellite altimetry 
                    and tide gauges in the Eastern Baltic Sea
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                  | 13:00 | Lunch | 
                 
                  | II. Modelling and Forecasting of Water 
                    Level (Chair: E. Kulikov) | 
                 
                  | 14:30 | Alexander 
                    B. Rabinovich Prof. Alexei Vsevolodovich Nekrasov (1933-2008)
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                  | 14:50 | Stanislav 
                    D. Martyanov Influence of cyclone parameters upon the characteristics of 
                    storm surges in St. Petersburg
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                  | 15:20 | Andrey O. Koch Numerical study 
                    of wind-driven circulation in the Gulf of Finland with the 
                    Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)
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                  | 15:50 | Coffee 
                    Break | 
                 
                  | 16:00 | Evgueni 
                    A. Kulikov Numerical modeling 
                    of the Baltic sea-level variability
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                  | 16:30 | Herman 
                    Gerritsen Model development for flood forecast improvement in The Netherlands
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                  | 17:00 | Konstantin 
                    A. Klevannyy Recent improvements in automated flood forecasting system 
                    for St. Petersburg
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                  | 17:30 | Discussion 
                    and Summary | 
                 
                  | 18:00 | Adjourn |