Global estimates of the impact of a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet: An application of FUND

Climatic Change

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 171-191

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^b,c,d   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; CONTROL THEORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; CURING; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FEEDBACK; GLACIERS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PAPER SHEETING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

ADAPTATION RESPONSES; ANTARCTIC ICES; CASE STUDIES; COASTAL POPULATIONS; COASTAL PROTECTIONS; COASTAL WETLANDS; CONSISTENT; EXTREME CASES; GLOBAL DATUM; GLOBAL ESTIMATES; GLOBAL IMPACTS; GLOBAL MODELS; GLOBAL POPULATIONS; GREAT-ER; IMPACT ANALYSES; LAND AREAS; MEAN SEA LEVELS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS; NETHERLANDS; POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS; POTENTIAL POPULATIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIFIC AREAS; UNCERTAIN; WETLAND LOSSES; WORST CASES;

SHORE PROTECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ICE SHEET; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WETLAND;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 54949159395     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9424-y     Document Type: Article

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