An example of North Atlantic deep-ocean swell impacting ascension and St. Helena Islands in the Central South Atlantic

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1095-1103

  Vassie, J M ^a   Woodworth, P L ^a   Holt, M W ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; MONITORING; TIDE GAGES; TRANSDUCERS; WAVE EFFECTS;

DATALOGGERS; DEEP-OCEAN SWELL; GLOBAL OCEAN MONITORING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN TIDE; SWELL; TIDE GAUGE; WATER LEVEL; WAVE MODELING;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SAINT HELENA;

EID: 3943104007     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1095:AEONAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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