Century to multi-century sea level rise projections from CMIP5 models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Yin, Jianjun ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINES; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EMISSION SCENARIO; ENSEMBLE STANDARD; EXTERNAL FORCING; GLOBAL OCEAN; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SIMILAR PATTERN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL OCEAN; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027948353     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052947     Document Type: Article

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