A study of sea-level changes in the Kiribati area for the last 16 years

Weather

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 203-206

  Aung, Than ^a   Singh, Awnesh ^a   Prasad, Uma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

KIRIBATI; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69949107690     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.396     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Flannery T. 2005. The weather makers: The history and future impact of climate change. The Text Publishing Company: Melbourne.
2. Harvey N, Mitchell W. 2003. Monitoring sea-level change in Oceania. Tiempo: Global Warming and the Third World 50: 1-6.
3. Hay JE, Mimura N, Campbell J, Fifita S, Koshy K, McLean RF, Nakalevu T, Nunn P, de Wet N. 2003. Climate variability and change and sea level rise in the Pacific Islands region: a resource book for policy and decision makers, educators and other stakeholders. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Ministry of Environment and Apia: Japan.
4. IPCC. 2007. Climate Change 2007: The physical science basis. Summary for policymakers. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
5. Kench P, Cowell P. 2002. Erosion of lowlying reef islands. Tiempo: Global Warming and the Third World 46: 6-12.
6. Lefale P. 2007. Islanders are resilient: Expert. The Fiji Times, Suva, Fiji, 14 April 2007.
7. Mitchell W, Chittleborough J, Ronai B, Lennon GW. 2000. Sea level rise in Australia and the Pacific, in Proceedings of the Science Component: Pacific Islands Conference on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Sea Level Rise [Linking Science and Policy]. Grezchnik M, Chittleborough J (eds). National Tidal Facility: Adelaide. pp 47-57.
8. Moore CA. 2002. Awash in a rising sea. International Wildlife 32(1). Available online: www.nwf.org/ internationalwildlife/article.cfm?articleId=15&issueID=3
9. NTC (National Tidal Centre). 2008. Monthly Data Report: September 2008. South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project: Adelaide.
10. Nunn PD. 2001. Sea-level changes and their effects on tropical Pacific Island environments: the next hundred years. in Proceedings of the Science Component: Pacific Islands Conference on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Sea Level Rise [Linking Science and Policy]. Grezchnik M, Chittleborough J (eds). National Tidal Facility: Adelaide. pp 59-62.
11. Pittock AB. 1999. Assessing risk to the Pacific Island states from climate change and sea level rise, in Proceedings of the Third SPREP Meeting on Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the South Pacific Region. Kaluwin C, Hay JE (eds). South Pacific Regional Environment Programme: Apia. pp 167-187.
12. Rockville MD. 1989. Tide and Current Glossary. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), US Department of Commerce: Washington DC.
13. Shum CK, Zhau CY, Tseng HZ, Woodworth P. 2001. 20th century sea level change in the Pacific Basin, in Proceedings of the Science Component: Pacific Islands Conference on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Sea Level Rise [Linking Science and Policy]. Grezchnik M, Chittleborough J (eds). National Tidal Facility: Adelaide. pp 83-88.
14. Wikipedia. 2007. List of places on land with elevations below sea level. Wikipedia Foundation Inc., available online www.wikipedia.org