Is the detection of accelerated sea level rise imminent?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fasullo, J T ^a,b   Nerem, R S ^b   Hamlington, B ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPECTATION; HEAT; MASKING; MODEL; NOISE; SEA LEVEL RISE; VOLCANO; WARMING;

EID: 84981294327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31245     Document Type: Article

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