Sea-level variability and change in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands: Understanding the high sea levels during 2006-2008

Weather

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 263-268

  Chowdhury, Md Rashed ^a   Barnston, Anthony G ^b   Guard, Charles ^c   Duncan, Sarah ^d   Schroeder, Thomas A ^a   Chu, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)   (Guam)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649683744     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.468     Document Type: Article

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