Response of the Mediterranean mean sea level to atmospheric pressure forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 973-984

  Le Traon, Pierre Yves ^a   Gauzelin, Philippe ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COHERENCE ANALYSIS; FORCING; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030973029     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jc02777     Document Type: Article

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