Australia's unique influence on global sea level in 2010-2011

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4368-4373

  Fasullo, John T ^a   Boening, Carmen ^b   Landerer, Felix W ^b   Nerem, R Steven ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian climate; climate variability; energy cycle; global sea level; water cycle

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENERGY CYCLE; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; WATER CYCLE;

DROPS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DOMINANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL OCEAN; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TELECONNECTION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84882791169     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50834     Document Type: Article

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