Annual sea level changes on the North American northeast coast: Influence of local winds and barotropic motions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 4801-4816

  Piecuch, Christopher G ^a   Dangendorf, Sönke ^b   Ponte, Rui M ^a   Marcos, Marta ^c  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Barotropic flows; Circulation dynamics; Decadal variability; Geographic location entity; Interannual variability; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean dynamics; Sea level; Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; GAGES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDE GAGES; WIND STRESS;

BAROTROPIC FLOWS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN DYNAMICS; VARIABILITY;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CAPE HATTERAS; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977516277     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0048.1     Document Type: Article

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