Gulf Stream's induced sea level rise and variability along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 685-697

  Ezer, Tal ^a   Atkinson, Larry P ^a   Corlett, William B ^a,b   Blanco, Jose L ^a,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BlueWater Consultant   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; COASTAL SEA LEVEL; ELEVATION GRADIENT; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MID-ATLANTIC BIGHTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATION CYCLES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ALTIMETER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; HYDRODYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; FLORIDA CURRENT; GULF STREAM; HATTERAS ISLAND; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878900228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20091     Document Type: Article

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