The anatomy of recent large sea level fluctuations in the Mediterranean Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-557

  Landerer, Felix W ^a   Volkov, Denis L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; ocean mass; sea level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVIMETERS; WIND STRESS;

MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN MASS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; GRAVIMETRY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIMESCALE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84877072238     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50140     Document Type: Article

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