Detecting storm surge loading deformations around the southern North Sea using subdaily GPS

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 569-578

  Geng, Jianghui ^a   Williams, Simon D P ^b   Teferle, Felix N ^c   Dodson, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Europe; Satellite geodesy; Sea level change; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; COASTAL STATION; EUROPE; GPS POSITIONING; GULF OF MEXICO; LOADING EFFECTS; NORTH SEA; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW SEA; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; STORM SURGES; STRONG WINDS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; FLOODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

LOADING;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEODESY; GPS; LABORATORY METHOD; STORM SURGE; WAVE MODELING; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84867404651     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05656.x     Document Type: Article

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