Sea level monitoring in Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-330

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Aman, A ^b   Aarup, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Sea level data applications; Sea level data telemetry; Sea level networks

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INVESTMENTS; SEA LEVEL;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TELEMETRY; TIDE GAUGE;

AFRICA;

EID: 39749112448     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.3.2.332     Document Type: Review

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