On the contributions of atmospheric pressure and wind to daily sea level in the northern Adriatic Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1575-1581

  Raicich, Fabio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Atmospheric pressure; Daily; Sea level changes; Storm surges; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77955281591     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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