Mediterranean Sea level trends: Atmospheric pressure and wind contribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tsimplis, M N ^a   Alvarez Fanjul E ^b   Gomis, D ^c   Fenoglio Marc, L ^d   Perez B ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Área del Medio Físico ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; WIND;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; WIND CONTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL; WIND FORCING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 28944449663     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023867     Document Type: Article

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