Impact of self-attraction and loading effects induced by shelf mass loading on projected regional sea level rise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1144-1148

  Richter, K ^a,b   Riva, R E M ^c   Drange, H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Uni Research AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

climate projections; sea level change; self attraction and loading; steric expansion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PROJECTION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION; LOADING EFFECTS; MASS ACCUMULATIONS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITATION; SEA LEVEL;

LOADING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOACCUMULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; WATER MASS;

EID: 84876913892     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50265     Document Type: Article

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