Effects of self-attraction and loading on annual variations of ocean bottom pressure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Vinogradova, Nadya T ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^a   Tamisiea, Mark E ^b   Davis, James L ^c   Hill, Emma M ^c  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROLOGY; LOADING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER;

ANNUAL CYCLE; COASTAL REGIONS; DEEP OCEAN; EQUIVALENT WATER THICKNESS; FRESHWATER INPUTS; IN-SITU; LAND HYDROLOGY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SELF-GRAVITATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 77954499926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005783     Document Type: Article

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