Interannual and decadal sea-level variations along the Japanese coast

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 619-633

  Senjyu, Tomoharu ^a   Matsuyama, Masaji ^b   Matsubara, Naho ^b  

^a NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bi decadal variation; Climate regime shift; Decadal scale sea level variation; Interannual sea level variation; Kuroshio flow path; Regional similarity; Steric height change; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033396945     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007844903204     Document Type: Article

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