Cool-season sea level anomalies and storm surges along the U.S. East Coast: Climatology and comparison with the 2009/10 El Niño

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2290-2299

  Sweet, William V ^a   Zervas, Chris ^a  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Climatology; El Ni o; Sea level; Storm surges; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ANOMALIES; BOSTON ,MASSACHUSETTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EAST COAST; EXTRATROPICAL; GULF OF MEXICO; NEW JERSEY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SOUTH CAROLINA; STORM SURGES; VIRGINIA; WIND FIELD; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STORMS;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960745519     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05043.1     Document Type: Article

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