New perspectives for the future of the Maldives

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 177-182

  Mörner, Nils Axel ^a   Tooley, Michael ^b   Possnert, Göran ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Indian ocean; No flooding; Prediction; Sea level changes; The maldives

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FLOODING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

EID: 0346991656     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00108-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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