Enhanced Atlantic sea-level rise relative to the Pacific under high carbon emission rates

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 210-214

  Krasting, J P ^a   Dunne, J P ^a   Stouffer, R J ^a   Hallberg, R W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON EMISSION; FLUSHING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84959570877     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2641     Document Type: Article

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