How to interpret expert judgment assessments of 21st century sea-level rise

Climatic Change

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 87-100

  de Vries, Hylke ^a   van de Wal, Roderik S W ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; EXPERT ELICITATION; EXPERT JUDGEMENT; EXPERT JUDGMENT; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84939942156     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1346-x     Document Type: Article

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