Trends and acceleration in global and regional sea levels since 1807

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-22

  Jevrejeva, S ^a,b   Moore, J C ^a,c,d   Grinsted, A ^a,e   Matthews, A P ^b   Spada, G ^f  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIA corrections; Sea level acceleration; Sea level trends; Tide gauge records

Indexed keywords

GIA CORRECTIONS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; LONG TIME SERIES; REGIONAL CURVES; REMOTE ISLANDS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; TIDE GAUGES;

ACCELERATION; TIDE GAGES;

SEA LEVEL;

ACCELERATION; CORRECTION; OCEAN BASIN; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84890953576     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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