Relative importance of mass and volume changes to global sea level rise

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Jevrejeva, Sveta ^a   Moore, J C ^b,c   Grinsted, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTHALPY; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SNOWMELT; TIDAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 45549104948     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009208     Document Type: Article

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