New data systems and products at the permanent service for mean sea level

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 493-504

  Holgate, Simon J ^a,b,d   Matthews, Andrew ^a   Woodworth, Philip L ^a,b   Rickards, Lesley J ^a,c   Tamisiea, Mark E ^a,b   Bradshaw, Elizabeth ^c   Foden, Peter R ^b   Gordon, Kathleen M ^a   Jevrejeva, Svetlana ^a,b   Pugh, Jeff ^b  

^a Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d Sea Level Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; geodesy; ocean circulation; Tide gauges; vertical land movements

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEODESY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESEARCH WORK; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84877643721     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00175.1     Document Type: Article

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