How nonlinearities in the equation of state of seawater can confound estimates of steric sea level change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Gille, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EQUATION OF STATE; MIXING; NONLINEARITY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER;

EID: 18544392437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc002012     Document Type: Article

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