Does the mid-Atlantic United States sea level acceleration hot spot reflect ocean dynamic variability?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3981-3985

  Kopp, Robert E ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; glacial isostatic adjustment; Gulf Stream; North Atlantic Oscillation; sea level; spatio temporal statistics

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GULF STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

ACCELERATION; CORRELATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; OSCILLATING FLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881126138     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50781     Document Type: Article

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