Variations in global mean sea level associated with the 1997-1998 ENSO event: Implications for measuring long term sea level change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3005-3008

  Nerem, R S ^a   Chambers, D P ^a   Leuliette, E W ^a   Mitchum, G T ^b   Giese, B S ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNCTIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION; VAPORS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SURFACE WATERS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENA; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC HEIGHTS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; MEAN SEA SURFACES; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0033209572     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002311     Document Type: Article

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