Mean sea level variability and influence of the North Atlantic oscillation on long-term trends in the German Bight

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-195

  Dangendorf, Sönke ^a   Wahl, Thomas ^a   Hein, Hartmut ^b   Jensen, Jürgen ^a   Mai, Stephan ^b   Mudersbach, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood risk; German bight; Mean sea level variability; North atlantic oscillation; North sea; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84865691142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w4010170     Document Type: Article

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