Mass contribution to Mediterranean Sea level variability for the period 1948-2000

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 193-201

  Calafat, F M ^a   Marcos, M ^a   Gomis, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

GRACE; Mass contribution; Mediterranean Sea level; Reconstruction; Steric sea level

Indexed keywords

GRACE; MASS CONTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RECONSTRUCTION; STERIC SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN BASIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77956262361     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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