Probabilistic framework for assessing the ice sheet contribution to sea level change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3264-3269

  Little, Christopher M ^a   Urban, Nathan M ^a,c   Oppenheimer, Michael ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision making; Glaciology; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GROWTH RATE; ICE SHEET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RIVER BASIN; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84874480301     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214457110     Document Type: Article

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