Regional distribution of steric and mass contributions to sea level changes

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 206-218

  Marcos, Marta ^a   Calafat, Francesc M ^a   Llovel, William ^b   Gomis, Damià ^a   Meyssignac, Benoit ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; GRACE; Sea level; Steric sea level

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL CYCLE; CHANGE-POINTS; COHERENCE ANALYSIS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; FRESH WATER; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; GRACE; GREENLAND; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MASS RATE; MEAN SEA LEVEL; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STERIC SEA LEVEL;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; DATA SET; FRESHWATER; HYDROGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 79954887055     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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