Regional sea level change in response to ice mass loss in Greenland, the West Antarctic and Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7316-7328

  Brunnabend, S E ^a,b   Schroter J ^a   Rietbroek, R ^b   Kusche, J ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alaska Glaciers; Greenland; ice mass loss; ocean modeling; sea level change; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SIMULATION;

ALASKA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84956833981     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011244     Document Type: Article

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