Contemporary sea level in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-37

  Dunne, Richard P ^a   Barbosa, Susana M ^b   Woodworth, Philip L ^c  

^a Barnard Castle   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atoll; Chagos Archipelago; Climate change; Diego Garcia; Indian Ocean; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO; CORAL ISLANDS; CRUSTAL UPLIFT; DIEGO GARCIA; DIPOLE MODE INDICES; HUMAN HABITATION; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOW WIND SPEED; MEAN SEA LEVEL; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; STORMS;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATOLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WIND VELOCITY;

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84055217348     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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