Understanding projections of sea level rise in a Hadley Centre coupled climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lowe, Jason A ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURFACE FLUX; THERMAL EXPANSION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34548545316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003421     Document Type: Article

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