Rapid change in semi-diurnal tides in the North Atlantic since 1980

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Muller M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COASTS; DRIVING MECHANISM; IN-PHASE; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; RAPID CHANGES; SEMI-DIURNAL;

TIDES;

AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; TIDE GAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79958107649     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047312     Document Type: Article

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