Oceanic control of sea level rise patterns along the East Coast of the United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 5514-5520

  Yin, Jianjun ^a   Goddard, Paul B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic sea level; sea level rise; sea level rise modeling; tide gauge and altimetry data; U.S. East Coast

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CHANGE; EAST COAST; LAND SUBSIDENCE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCEANIC CONTROL; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIDE GAUGES; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; COAST; OCEAN; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF STREAM; HATTERAS ISLAND; MAINE; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886223127     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057992     Document Type: Article

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