Present-day sea level rise: A synthesis

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 761-770

  Cazenave, Anny ^a   Lombard, Alix ^b   Llovel, William ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Glaciers; Ice sheets; Land ice; Sea level; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHEET; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMAL EXPANSION; TIDE GAUGE;

EID: 54949114662     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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