Analysis of the regional pattern of sea level change due to ocean dynamics and density change for 1993–2099 in observations and CMIP5 AOGCMs

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2647-2666

  Bilbao, Roberto A F ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,b   Bouttes, Nathaelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pattern scaling; Regional sea level change; Times of emergence

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84946486936     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2499-z     Document Type: Article

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