Annual sea level variability of the coastal ocean: The Baltic Sea-North Sea transition zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3061-3078

  Passaro, M ^a,b   Cipollini, P ^c   Benveniste, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

annual cycle; Baltic Sea; coastal altimetry; Envisat; North Sea; sea level

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL WATER; ENVISAT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSITION ZONE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 85027938987     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010510     Document Type: Article

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