Accelerated sea level rise and Florida Current transport

Ocean Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 607-615

  Park, J ^a   Sweet, W ^b  

^a Everglades National Park   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MASS TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIDE GAUGE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF STREAM; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938502350     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-11-607-2015     Document Type: Article

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