Sea level in the Mediterranean Sea: The contribution of temperature and salinity changes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Tsimplis, Michael N ^a   Rixen, Michel ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; TIDE GAGES;

COASTAL TIDE GAUGES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POINT MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; STERIC SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0242585440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015870     Document Type: Article

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