Sea level forcing in the Mediterranean Sea between 1960 and 2000

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-332

  Tsimplis, Michael ^a   Marcos, Marta ^a   Somot, Samuel ^b   Barnier, Bernard ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

atmospheric contribution; Mediterranean Sea; modelling; sea level; steric effect

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC MODE; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HINDCASTING; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 52949093501     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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