Sea level variability in the Mediterranean Sea during the 1990s on the basis of two 2d and one 3d model

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-123

  Tsimplis, Michael ^a   Marcos, Marta ^b   Colin, Jeanne ^c   Somot, Samuel ^c   Pascual, Ananda ^b   Shaw, A G P ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Baroclinic model; Barotropic model; Sea level; Steric sea level

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; 3D MODELS; ALTIMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC MODEL; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEAN MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SALINITY CHANGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STERIC SEA-LEVEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) MODEL;

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SEA LEVEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67650248273     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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