Sea level changes at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Pugh, D T ^a   Meredith, M P ^a   Blackman, D L ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CYCLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23144462795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002648     Document Type: Article

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