Tides and long-term modulations in the Caribbean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Torres, R Ricardo ^a   Tsimplis, Michael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; ERROR LIMITS; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; LUNAR ORIGIN; MAJOR AXIS; NET EFFECT; PHASE LAGS; TIDAL RANGES; TIDAL SIGNALS; TIDE GAUGES;

TIDES;

AMPLITUDE; ECCENTRICITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LUNAR CYCLE; MOON; ORBITAL FORCING; ORIENTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIDE GAUGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 80055025066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006973     Document Type: Article

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