Two-dimensional reconstruction of the Mediterranean sea level over 1970-2006 from tide gage data and regional ocean circulation model outputs

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 49-61

  Meyssignac, B ^a   Calafat, F M ^b   Somot, S ^c   Rupolo, V ^d   Stocchi, P ^e   Llovel, W ^a   Cazenave, A ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Eastern mediterranean transient; Empirical orthogonal functions; Interannual sea level variability; Mediterranean sea; Reconstruction; Sea level; Tide gages

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; INTERANNUAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RECONSTRUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TIDES;

ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA SET; DEEP WATER FORMATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79956275688     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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