The effect of windstress change on future sea level change in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Bouttes, N ^a   Gregory, J M ^a,b   Kuhlbrodt, T ^a   Suzuki, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; NORTH PACIFIC; POLEWARD SHIFT; PROMINENT FEATURES; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

SEA LEVEL;

FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84870691701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054207     Document Type: Article

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