Accounting for the nodal tide to improve estimates of sea level acceleration

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 801-807

  Houston, J R ^a   Dean, R G ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Global climate change; nodal tide; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDE GAUGE;

EID: 80052238278     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00045.1     Document Type: Article

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