Atmospheric contribution to Mediterranean and nearby Atlantic sea level variability under different climate change scenarios

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 198-214

  Jordà, Gabriel ^a   Gomis, Damià ^a   Álvarez Fanjul, Enrique ^b   Somot, Samuel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean Sea; Sea level; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC SEA; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; BAROTROPIC; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONTROL SIMULATION; HINDCASTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRA-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HINDCASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 82055165919     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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