Recent sea level trends and accelerations: Comparison of tide gauge and satellite results

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-9

  Dean, R G ^a   Houston, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Satellite altimetry; Sea level acceleration; Sea level rise; Tide gauge records

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; GLOBAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLOBAL TRENDS; GPS DATA; NEGATIVE ACCELERATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SELECTION CRITERIA; TIDE GAUGE DATA; TIDE GAUGES; VERTICAL LAND MOTIONS;

ACCELERATION; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

DATA SET; GPS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE;

EID: 84873549833     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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