Low frequency Mediterranean sea level variability: The contribution of atmospheric pressure and wind

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 215-229

  Gomis, Damià ^a   Ruiz, Simón ^a   Sotillo, Marcos G ^c   Álvarez Fanjul, Enrique ^c   Terradas, Jaume ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

Author keywords

sea level change (1641); sea level: variations and mean (4556)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MODEL VALIDATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TIDE GAUGE; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51649090817     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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