Long-term changes in sea-level components in Latin America and the Caribbean

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-50

  Losada, I J ^a   Reguero, B G ^a   Mendez F J ^a   Castanedo, S ^a   Abascal, A J ^a   Minguez R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inter annual variability; Latin America and the Caribbean; Non stationary extremes; Sea level components; Sea level rise; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; NONSTATIONARY; SEA LEVEL RISE; STORM SURGES;

FLOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84875299260     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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