Greenland's contribution to global sea-level rise by the end of the 21st century

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1427-1442

  Graversen, Rune G ^a   Drijfhout, Sybren ^a   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   van de Wal, Roderik ^b   Bintanja, Richard ^a   Helsen, Michiel ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Greenland ice sheet; Ice sheet modeling; Outlet glacier; Sea level rise projection

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMODYNAMICS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 80053328152     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0918-8     Document Type: Article

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