Using global positioning system-derived crustal velocities to estimate rates of absolute sea level change from North American tide gauge records

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Snay, Richard ^a   Cline, Michael ^a   Dillinger, William ^a   Foote, Richard ^a   Hilla, Stephen ^a   Kass, William ^a   Ray, Jim ^a   Rohde, Jim ^a   Sella, Giovanni ^a   Soler, Tomás ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; GPS; MELTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; DAUPHIN ISLAND; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; KWAJALEIN; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250757178     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004606     Document Type: Article

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