How much more global warming and sea level rise?

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5716, 2005, Pages 1769-1772

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Washington, Warren M ^a   Collins, William D ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a   Hu, Aixue ^a   Buja, Lawrence E ^a   Strand, Warren G ^a   Teng, Haiyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE;

EID: 15244341046     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106663     Document Type: Article

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