Relative sea-level change around the Korean Peninsula

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Jeon, Dongchull ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ENSO; Global warming; Kuroshio branch system; Long term tide gauge data; Relative sea levels (RSL)

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

ASIA; CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; TSUSHIMA CURRENT;

EID: 58149398143     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4217/OPR.2008.30.4.373     Document Type: Article

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