On steric and mass-induced contributions to the annual sea-level variations in the South China Sea

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Cheng, Xuhua ^a   Qi, Yiquan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

GRACE; Merged altimetry data; Sea level; South China Sea; Thermosteric sea level; Water mass

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; AMPLITUDE; CORRELATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77954145230     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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