Decadal trends in sea level patterns: 1993-2004

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5889-5911

  Wunsch, Carl ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^b   Heimbach, Patrick ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; DECADAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349100513     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1840.1     Document Type: Article

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