Evaluation of empirical mode decomposition for quantifying multi-decadal variations and acceleration in sea level records

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-166

  Chambers, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924952922     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-22-157-2015     Document Type: Article

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