Ocean circulations, heat budgets, and future commitment to climate change

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 36, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-43

  Pierce, David W ^a   Barnett, Tim P ^a   Gleckler, Peter J ^b  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution; climate modeling; detection; environmental change; ocean warming; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; OCEAN WARMING; SEA LEVEL RISE;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA LEVEL;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 80155146935     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-022610-112928     Document Type: Article

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