Coastal sea level changes, observed and projected during the 20th and 21st century

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 269-281

  Carson, M ^a   Kohl A ^a   Stammer, D ^a   A Slangen, A B ^b   Katsman, C A ^c   W van de Wal, R S ^d   Church, J ^b   White, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; GROUNDWATER; TECTONICS; TIDE GAGES; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MODELING; COASTAL LOCATIONS; COASTAL SEA LEVEL; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TIME SERIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84951568869     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1520-1     Document Type: Article

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