Future sea level rise constrained by observations and long-term commitment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2597-2602

  Mengel, Matthias ^a,b   Levermann, Anders ^a,b,c   Frieler, Katja ^a   Robinson, Alexander ^a,d   Marzeion, Ben ^e   Winkelmann, Ricarda ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate impacts; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FUTUROLOGY; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENLAND; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84960540043     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500515113     Document Type: Article

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