Sea level extremes in southern Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Marcos, Marta ^a   Tsimplis, Michael N ^b   Shaw, Andrew G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIDES;

ADRIATIC SEAS; ATLANTIC COASTS; COASTAL PLANNING; DECADAL VARIABILITIES; EXTREME VALUES; HINDCAST; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; INTER ANNUALS; MEAN SEA LEVELS; NON-LINEAR INTERACTIONS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; RETURN LEVELS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STORM SURGES; STRAIT OF GIBRALTARS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TIDE GAUGES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 63349105596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004912     Document Type: Article

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