Regional sea level change and variability in the Caribbean sea since 1950

Journal of Geodetic Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-133

  Palanisamy, H ^a   Becker, M ^b   Meyssignac, B ^a   Henry, O ^a   Cazenave, A ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b IRD   (France)

Author keywords

2 D past sea level reconstruction; Caribbean Sea; ENSO; hurricane; satellite altimetry; sea level variability; tide gauge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878509455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20819943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10156-011-0029-4     Document Type: Article

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