Detection time for global and regional sea level trends and accelerations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7164-7174

  Jorda G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIDE GAUGE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 84915751179     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010005     Document Type: Article

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