Global secular changes in different tidal high water, low water and range levels

Earth's Future

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 66-81

  Mawdsley, Robert J ^a   Haigh, Ivan D ^a   Wells, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global; high water; low water; sea level; tidal range; tides

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; FLOODING; MAGNITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL RANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 85000366292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EF000282     Document Type: Article

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