A review of the trends observed in British Isles mean sea level data measured by tide gauges

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 651-670

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Tsimplis, M N ^a,c   Flather, R A ^a   Shennan, I ^b  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land movements; Sea level; Tide gauges

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032916929     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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