A significant increase in wave height in the North Atlantic Ocean over the 20th century

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-83

  Bertin, Xavier ^a   Prouteau, Elizabeth ^a   Letetrel, Camille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal erosion; Major increase; Numerical model; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; COASTAL EROSION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MAJOR INCREASE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIPS; WAVE CLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; HINDCASTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84876427526     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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