Contributions to sea level variability along the Norwegian coast for 1960-2010

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Richter, K ^a,b   Nilsen, J E O ^b,c   Drange, H ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^d Uni Research AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS;

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; INVERTED BAROMETER EFFECTS; NORDIC SEAS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; STATION DATA; THERMOHALINE; TIDE GAUGES;

SEA LEVEL;

BAROMETRY; DATA SET; GLOBAL OCEAN; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOSTASY; MELTING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84861710317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007826     Document Type: Article

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