Mediterranean sea-level variability and trends

The Climate of the Mediterranean Region

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 257-299

  Gomis, Damià ^a   Tsimplis, Mikis ^b   Marcos, Marta ^a   Fenoglio Marc, Luciana ^c   Pérez, Begoña ^d   Raicich, Fabio ^e   Vilibić, Ivica ^f   Wöppelmann, Guy ^g   Monserrat, Sebastià ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Puertos del Estado ^*  (Spain)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416042-2.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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