Sea-level trends and interannual variability in the Caribbean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2934-2947

  Torres, R Ricardo ^a,b   Tsimplis, Michael N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Escuela Naval de Cadetes Almirante Padilla   (Colombia)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; interannual variability; sea level; trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; TIDE GAGES; TIME SERIES;

CARIBBEAN; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GLOBAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; TRENDS;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOLIVAR [COLOMBIA]; CARIBBEAN SEA; CARTAGENA [BOLIVAR]; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84882801607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20229     Document Type: Article

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