Temporal energy partitions of Florida extreme sea level events as a function of Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 587-593

  Park, J ^a   Obeysekera, J ^a   Barnes, J ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY FLUX; EXTREME EVENT; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSFORM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; KEY WEST; KEY WEST ISLAND; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953658376     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-587-2010     Document Type: Article

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