Evidence of sea level acceleration at U.S. and Canadian Tide Stations, Atlantic Coast, North America

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1437-1445

  Boon, John D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea level acceleration; Sea level rise; Serial trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TREND ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870215710     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00102.1     Document Type: Article

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