A 44-year (1958-2001) sea level residual hindcast over the Mediterranean Basin

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 250-259

  Ratsimandresy, A W ^a,b   Sotillo, M G ^a   Alvarez Fanjul E ^a   Carretero Albiach, J C ^a   Perez Gomez B ^a   Hajji, H ^c  

^a Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Meteomer ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Extremes; Hindcast; HIPOCAS; Mediterranean Basin; Sea level residual; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; TIDES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HINDCAST; SEA LEVEL RESIDUAL;

SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE; WIND FORCING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 40049099333     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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