Spatial variability of sea level rise in twenty-first century projections

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4585-4607

  Yin, Jianjun ^a   Griffies, Stephen M ^b   Stouffer, Ronald J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; COUPLED MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; DIPOLE PATTERNS; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; GULF STREAM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOCAL PARTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN BASINS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN LAYERS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SALINITY CHANGE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; STERIC EFFECT; STERIC SEA LEVEL; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; UPPER OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLUID DYNAMICS; GYRE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN BASIN; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77958109763     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3533.1     Document Type: Article

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