Inverted barometer contributions to recent sea level changes along the northeast coast of North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5918-5925

  Piecuch, Christopher G ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

interannual variability; inverted barometer; multidecadal change; sea level

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TIDE GAGES;

DYNAMIC CHANGES; EXTREME EVENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; ISOSTATIC EFFECTS; MID-ATLANTIC BIGHTS; MULTIDECADAL CHANGE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; ISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938991216     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064580     Document Type: Article

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