Some pitfalls of the semiempirical method used to project sea level

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3779-3785

  Orlic, Mirko ^a   Pasaric, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate prediction; Multidecadal variability; Sea level; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; INERTIAL DYNAMICS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; SEMI-EMPIRICAL METHODS; TRENDS;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84944045627     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00696.1     Document Type: Article

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