Mechanisms of decadal sea level variability in the eastern North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Calafat, F M ^a,b   Chambers, D P ^a   Tsimplis, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT FLUX; TIDE GAGES;

20TH CENTURY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC MODELS; BAROTROPIC MODELS; COASTAL SEA LEVEL; DECADAL PERIODS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HEAT ADVECTION; HIGHER LATITUDES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MASS COMPONENTS; MASS EXCHANGE; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NARROW BANDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; TIDE GAUGES;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84866684899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008285     Document Type: Article

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