Rapid changes in the seasonal sea level cycle along the US Gulf coast from the late 20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 491-498

  Wahl, Thomas ^a,b   Calafat, Francisco M ^a,c   Luther, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheric reanalysis; coastal seasonal sea level; flood risk; Gulf of Mexico; multiple linear regression models; tide gauge data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; FLOOD RISKS; GULF OF MEXICO; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; TIDE GAUGE DATA;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOODING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HURRICANE EVENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892767893     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058777     Document Type: Article

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