The forcing of mean sea level variability around Europe

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Tsimplis, Michael N ^a   Shaw, Andrew G P ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross correlation; mean sea level; MOI; NAO; regional index; spatial coherency

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUMMER; TIDE GAUGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51449088461     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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