Inter-annual to decadal sea-level variability in the coastal zones of the Norwegian and Siberian Seas: The role of atmospheric forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1287-1301

  Calafat, F M ^a,b   Chambers, D P ^a   Tsimplis, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC VORTICITY; CHUKCHI SEA; EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; TIDE GAUGES;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; VORTICITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84878898472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20106     Document Type: Article

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