Wind effects on estimates of sea level rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sturges, Wilton ^a   Douglas, Bruce C ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL SEA LEVEL; EAST COAST; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPEN OCEAN; PRIMARY MECHANISM; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; TIDE STATIONS; TIME-SCALES; WEST COAST; WIND FORCING;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECADAL VARIATION; LONGSHORE CURRENT; OPEN OCEAN; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIMESCALE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959295742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006492     Document Type: Article

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