Significant decadal-scale impact of volcanic eruptions on sea level and ocean heat content

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7064, 2005, Pages 74-77

  Church, John A ^a,b   White, Neil J ^a,b   Arblaster, Julie M ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

OCEAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMAL EXPANSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPORATION; HEAT; OBSERVATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA LEVEL; SIMULATION; VOLCANO; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27744455612     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04237     Document Type: Article

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