Long-term and recent changes in sea level in the Falkland Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Pugh, D T ^a   Bingley, R M ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GAGES; LANDFORMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AIR PRESSURE EFFECTS; AIR PRESSURES; DATA SETS; FALKLAND ISLANDS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; MEAN SEA LEVEL; RATE OF CHANGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TIDE GAUGES;

SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATA SET; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE;

EAST FALKLAND; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); STANLEY [EAST FALKLAND];

EID: 77957570715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006113     Document Type: Article

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