The drivers of projected North Atlantic sea level change

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1531-1544

  Bouttes, N ^a   Gregory, J M ^a,b   Kuhlbrodt, T ^a   Smith, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; Climate model; CMIP5; Ocean; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BUOYANCY FORCING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906942914     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1973-8     Document Type: Article

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