The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level: An update to the 21st century

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-295

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Player, R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Geodesy; Ocean circulation; Tide gauges; Vertical land movements

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0038241923     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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