Low-frequency Atlantic sea level variability

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 129-144

  Van Der Schrier, G ^a,c   Weber, S L ^a   Drijfhout, S S ^a   Lowe, J A ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; North Atlantic; Ocean circulation; Sea level

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8444225379     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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