Steric sea level rise over the Mediterranean Sea: Present climate and scenario simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2167-2184

  Carillo, A ^a   Sannino, G ^a   Artale, V ^a   Ruti, P M ^a   Calmanti, S ^a   Dell'Aquila, A ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Future scenarios; Mediterranean Sea; Regional coupled model; Steric sea level

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUFFER ZONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84868153223     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1369-1     Document Type: Article

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