A new atmospheric proxy for sea level variability in the southeastern North Sea: Observations and future ensemble projections

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 447-467

  Dangendorf, Sönke ^a   Wahl, Thomas ^a   Nilson, Enno ^b   Klein, Birgit ^c   Jensen, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Climate change; German Bight; Mean sea level; Sea level variability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH SEA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84906078308     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1932-4     Document Type: Article

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