Sea-level scenarios for evaluating coastal impacts

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-150

  Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Hanson, Susan E ^a   Lowe, Jason A ^b   Warrick, Richard A ^c   Lu, Xianfu ^d   Long, Antony J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LONG-TERM DECISIONS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84890405149     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.253     Document Type: Review

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