Sources of 21st century regional sea-level rise along the coast of northwest Europe

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-483

  Howard, T ^a   Pardaens, A K ^a   Bamber, J L ^b   Ridley, J ^a   Spada, G ^c   L Hurkmans, R T W ^b   Lowe, J A ^a   Vaughan, D ^d  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; ICE FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMAL EXPANSION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

BERGEN; DENMARK; EUROPE; HORDALAND; JUTLAND; NORWAY;

EID: 84902796350     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-473-2014     Document Type: Article

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