Expert assessment of sea-level rise by AD 2100 and AD 2300

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Horton, Benjamin P ^a,b   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^c   Engelhart, Simon E ^d   Kemp, Andrew C ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert elicitation; IPCC; Survey

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EXPERT ASSESSMENT; EXPERT ELICITATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; GLOBAL SEA-LEVEL RISE; IPCC; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS;

SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL ZONE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84888018673     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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