Uncovering an anthropogenic sea-level rise signal in the Pacific Ocean

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 782-785

  Hamlington, B D ^a   Strassburg, M W ^b   Leben, R R ^b   Han, W ^c   Nerem, R S ^b   Kim, K Y ^d  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84906877053     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2307     Document Type: Article

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