Nineteenth century north american and pacific tidal data: Lost or just forgotten

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6 A, 2013, Pages 118-127

  Talke, Stefan A ^a   Jay, David A ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

data recovery; extreme events; historical reanalysis; hydrological change; mean sea level; tidal dynamics; Tide data

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RIVER FLOW; SEA LEVEL;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884206373     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00181.1     Document Type: Article

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