Steric sea level variations during 1957-1994: Importance of salinity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Antonov, John I ^a,b   Levitus, Sydney ^a   Boyer, Timothy P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Labrador sea; Sea level rise; Steric sea level; Temperature and salinity variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037830606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000964     Document Type: Article

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