Characteristics of intra-, inter-annual and decadal sea-level variability and the role of meteorological forcing: The long record of Cuxhaven

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 209-224

  Dangendorf, Sönke ^a   Mudersbach, Christoph ^a   Wahl, Thomas ^a   Jensen, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

German Bight; Mean sea level variability; Meteorological forcing; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

GERMAN BIGHT; MEAN SEA LEVEL; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL TIME SERIES;

ESTIMATION; TIDE GAGES; WIND STRESS;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE FORCING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CUXHAVEN; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84879031446     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-013-0598-0     Document Type: Article

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