Sea level change in the Gulf of Thailand from GPS-corrected tide gauge data and multi-satellite altimetry

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 137-151

  Trisirisatayawong, Itthi ^a   Naeije, Marc ^b   Simons, Wim ^b   Fenoglio Marc, Luciana ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altimetry; GPS; Gulf of Thailand; Sea level rise; Sumatra Andaman earthquake; Tide gauges

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; GPS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE; THAILAND; TIDE GAUGES;

COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE SHUTTLES; TIDE GAGES;

TIDES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; VELOCITY; VULNERABILITY;

GULF OF THAILAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79954972043     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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