Tide gauge-based sea level variations since 1950 along the Norwegian and Russian coasts of the Arctic Ocean: Contribution of the steric and mass components

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Henry, O ^a   Prandi, P ^b   Llovel, W ^c   Cazenave, A ^a   Jevrejeva, S ^d   Stammer, D ^e   Meyssignac, B ^a   Koldunov, N ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; TIDE GAGES;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COASTAL SEA LEVEL; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION DECOMPOSITIONS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; IN-SITU; INCOMPLETE DATA; INVERTED BAROMETER EFFECTS; MASS CHANGE; MASS COMPONENTS; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SPACE GRAVIMETRY; SPATIAL TRENDS; STERIC SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAUGE DATA; TIDE GAUGES;

SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BAROMETRY; DATA SET; DATABASE; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MELT; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84863450000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007706     Document Type: Article

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