The effects of aggressive mitigation on steric sea level rise and sea ice changes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 531-550

  Korper J ^a   Hoschel I ^a   Lowe, J A ^b   Hewitt, C D ^b   Salas y Melia, D ^c   Roeckner, E ^d   Huebener, H ^e   Royer, J F ^c   Dufresne, J L ^f   Pardaens, A ^b   Giorgetta, M A ^d   Sanderson, M G ^b   Ottera O H ^g,h   Tjiputra, J ^h,i   Denvil, S ^j  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e Hessian Agency for the Environment and Geology   (Germany)

^f LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^g NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^h Uni Research   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^j INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

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Author keywords

Climate; CMIP5; ENSEMBLES; Mitigation; Multi model; Projections; Sea ice; Sea level rise; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84874945993     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1612-9     Document Type: Article

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