Sea level and climate: Measurements and causes of changes

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 647-662

  Cazenave, Anny ^a   Remy, Frédérique ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GLACIER MELTING; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STERIC SEA LEVEL; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 80052234712     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.139     Document Type: Article

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