A Mediterranean sea level reconstruction (1950-2008) with error budget estimates

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 118-133

  Calafat, F M ^a   Jorda G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Satellite altimetry; Sea level reconstruction; Tide gauge; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; AVERAGE VALUES; BASELINE ERROR; CRITICAL LOCATION; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; ERROR BUDGETS; ERROR SOURCES; LONG TERM RECORDS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE ACTIVITY; NON-STATIONARITIES; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION; REDUCED SPACE; REPRESENTATIVITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SPATIAL COVARIANCE; TIDE GAUGE; TIDE GAUGES; UNCERTAINTIES;

BUDGET CONTROL; ESTIMATION; NANOFLUIDICS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TIDES;

BASELINE SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; OPEN OCEAN; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDE GAUGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80053525153     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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