Sea level: A review of present-day and recent-past changes and variability

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-109

  Meyssignac, Benoit ^a   Cazenave, Anny ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Climate change; Global mean sea level; Regional sea level; Sea level; Sea level reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAST DEGLACIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84859995954     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2012.03.005     Document Type: Review

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