A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-97

  Ruiz Etcheverry, L A ^a,b   Saraceno, M ^a,b,c   Piola, A R ^a,c,d   Valladeau, G ^e   Moller O O ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Franco Argentino para el estudio del clima y sus impactos (UMI IFAECI)   (Argentina)

^d Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^e CLS   (France)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Annual cycle; Coastal area; Sea level anomaly; Tide gauges

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84918826512     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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