On the ability of global sea level reconstructions to determine trends and variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1572-1592

  Calafat, F M ^a,b   Chambers, D P ^a   Tsimplis, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENSO; reconstruction; sea level; tide gauge; trend; variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COVARIANCE MATRIX; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ENSO; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; TIDE GAUGES; TREND; VARIABILITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALTIMETRY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900371654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009298     Document Type: Article

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