Uncertainty in future regional sea level rise due to internal climate variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2768-2772

  Hu, Aixue ^a   Deser, Clara ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

internal climate variability; sea level rise; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; GAS CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84879956436     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50531     Document Type: Article

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