The Principal Factors Influencing the Seasonal Oscillation of Sea Level
Abstract
From the results of the tide gage data recorded during the IGY it is shown that the seasonal variation of sea level is mainly isostatic, at least in most oceanic areas of the Pacific. In low and subtropical latitudes the `steric' term is predominant; in higher latitudes variation of air pressure is the more important factor. The boundary between the two zones runs approximately along the latitude of 40°-45°N.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- March 1961
- DOI:
- 10.1029/JZ066i003p00845
- Bibcode:
- 1961JGR....66..845L