Western Mediterranean sea-level rise: Changing exchange flow through the strait of Gibraltar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2949-2952

  Ross, Tetjana ^a   Garrett, Chris ^a   Traon, Pierre Yves Le ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Parc Technologique du Canal   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; SURFACE WATERS; TIDE GAGES; WEATHER SATELLITES; DROPS;

SEASONAL CYCLE;

SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

LEVEL DIFFERENCE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL DROPS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SECULAR CHANGES; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; SURFACE INFLOWS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034664418     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011653     Document Type: Article

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