Sea level extremes in the caribbean sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4714-4731

  Torres, R Ricardo ^a,b   Tsimplis, Michael N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Escuela Naval de Cadetes Almirante Padilla   (Colombia)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949422681     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009929     Document Type: Article

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