The 2011 la Nia: So strong, the oceans fell

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Boening, Carmen ^a   Willis, Josh K ^a   Landerer, Felix W ^a   Nerem, R Steven ^b   Fasullo, John ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS;

AUSTRALIA; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; IN-SITU DATA; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RATE OF RISE; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE;

SEA LEVEL;

DATA SET; EL NINO; LA NINA; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER STORAGE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

NIA;

EID: 84867555696     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053055     Document Type: Article

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