New Zealand 20th century sea level rise: Resolving the vertical land motion using space geodetic and geological data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6076-6091

  Fadil, Abdelali ^a   Denys, Paul ^a   Tenzer, Robert ^b   Grenfell, Hugh R ^c   Willis, Pascal ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'INFORMATION GÉOGRAPHIQUE ET FORESTIÈRE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

altimeter gauge; GPS; New Zealand; salt marsh; sea level rise; vertical land motion

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIDE GAGES; WETLANDS;

ALTIMETER-GAUGE; NEW ZEALAND; SALT-MARSH; SEA LEVEL RISE; VERTICAL LAND MOTIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETER; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; MICROFOSSIL; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; TASMANIA;

EID: 84890207705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC008867     Document Type: Article

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