Regional differences of relative sea level changes in the Northwest Atlantic: Historical trends and future projections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-164

  Han, Guoqi ^a   Ma, Zhimin ^a,b   Bao, Huizhi ^a   Slangen, Aimée ^c,d  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; VERTICAL LAND MOTIONS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GPS; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE SHEET; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LABRADOR; NAIN; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 84898960409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009454     Document Type: Article

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