Sea level trends and NAO influences: The Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Phillips, M R ^a   Crisp, S ^a  

^a Swansea Metropolitan University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maximum extreme; Mean sea level; Minimum extreme; Tidal range

Indexed keywords

BRISTOL CHANNEL; CONTINUOUS UPDATING; DATA SETS; MAXIMUM EXTREME; MEAN SEA LEVEL; MINIMUM EXTREME; NAO INDEX; NEWPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OFF-SHORE; SAND WAVES; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; TIDAL PRISM; TIDAL RANGES; TIDE GAUGES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ESTUARIES; OPTIMIZATION; TIDE GAGES; TIDES;

SEA LEVEL;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TIDE GAUGE;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; MUMBLES; NEWPORT [WALES]; SEVERN ESTUARY; SWANSEA [WALES]; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77956264844     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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