Climate scenarios of sea level rise for the northeast Atlantic Ocean: A study including the effects of ocean dynamics and gravity changes induced by ice melt

Climatic Change

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 351-374

  Katsman, Caroline A ^a   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   Drijfhout, Sybren S ^a   Van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a   Burgers, Gerrit ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; DYNAMICS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GLACIERS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ICE; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL SPRAYING; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTARCTIC ICES; BEST ESTIMATES; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; EARTH'S GRAVITY FIELDS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GRAVITY CHANGES; GREENLAND; ICE MASSES; ICE MELTS; ICE-CAPS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEANS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; REGIONAL CLIMATES; SEA LEVEL RISES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRAVITY FIELD; ICE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 56549130710     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9442-9     Document Type: Article

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