Effects of polar ice sheets on global sea level in high-resolution greenhouse scenarios

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Wild, Martin ^a   Calanca, Pierluigi ^a   Scherrer, Simon C ^a   Ohmura, Atsumu ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global climate modeling; Greenhouse warming; Mass balance; Polar ice sheets; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0242707036     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002451     Document Type: Article

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