Understanding sea-level rise and variability. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John A. Church [and others].
• Other Names: Church, John, 1951-
• Contents: Front Matter -- Introduction / Philip L Woodworth, John A Church, Thorkild Aarup, W Stanley Wilson -- Impacts of and Responses to Sea-Level Rise / Robert J Nicholls -- A First-Order Assessment of the Impact of Long-Term Trends in Extreme Sea Levels on Offshore Structures and Coastal Refineries / Ralph Rayner, Bev MacKenzie -- Paleoenvironmental Records, Geophysical Modeling, and Reconstruction of Sea-Level Trends and Variability on Centennial and Longer Timescales / Kurt Lambeck, Colin D Woodroffe, Fabrizio Antonioli, Marco Anzidei, W Roland Gehrels, Jacques Laborel, Alex J Wright -- Modern Sea-Level-Change Estimates / Gary T Mitchum, R Steven Nerem, Mark A Merrifield, W Roland Gehrels -- Ocean Temperature and Salinity Contributions to Global and Regional Sea-Level Change / John A Church, Dean Roemmich, Catia M Domingues, Josh K Willis, Neil J White, John E Gilson, Detlef Stammer, Armin K̲hl, Don P Chambers, Felix W Landerer, Jochem Marotzke, Jonathan M Gregory, Tatsuo Suzuki, Anny Cazenave, Pierre-Yves Le Traon -- Cryospheric Contributions to Sea-Level Rise and Variability / Konrad Steffen, Robert H Thomas, Eric Rignot, J Graham Cogley, Mark B Dyurgerov, Sarah C B Raper, Philippe Huybrechts, Edward Hanna -- Terrestrial Water-Storage Contributions to Sea-Level Rise and Variability / P C D (Chris) Milly, Anny Cazenave, James S Famiglietti, Vivien Gornitz, Katia Laval, Dennis P Lettenmaier, Dork L Sahagian, John M Wahr, Clark R Wilson -- Geodetic Observations and Global Reference Frame Contributions to Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability / Geoff Blewitt, Zuheir Altamimi, James Davis, Richard Gross, Chung-Yen Kuo, Frank G Lemoine, Angelyn W Moore, Ruth E Neilan, Hans-Peter Plag, Markus Rothacher, C K Shum, Michael G Sideris, Tilo Sch̲ne, Paul Tregoning, Susanna Zerbini -- Surface Mass Loading on a Dynamic Earth: Complexity and Contamination in the Geodetic Analysis of Global Sea-Level Trends / Jerry X Mitrovica, Mark E Tamisiea, Erik R Ivins, L L A (Bert) Vermeersen, Glenn A Milne, Kurt Lambeck -- Past and Future Changes in Extreme Sea Levels and Waves / Jason A Lowe, Philip L Woodworth, Tom Knutson, Ruth E McDonald, Kathleen L McInnes, Katja Woth, Hans von Storch, Judith Wolf, Val Swail, Natacha B Bernier, Sergey Gulev, Kevin J Horsburgh, Alakkat S Unnikrishnan, John R Hunter, Ralf Weisse -- Observing Systems Needed to Address Sea-Level Rise and Variability / W Stanley Wilson, Waleed Abdalati, Douglas Alsdorf, J̌r̥me Benveniste, Hans Bonekamp, J Graham Cogley, Mark R Drinkwater, Lee-Lueng Fu, Richard Gross, Bruce J Haines, D E Harrison, Gregory C Johnson, Michael Johnson, John L LaBrecque, Eric J Lindstrom, Mark A Merrifield, Laury Miller, Erricos C Pavlis, Stephen Piotrowicz, Dean Roemmich, Detlef Stammer, Robert H Thomas, Eric Thouvenot, Philip L Woodworth -- Sea-Level Rise and Variability: Synthesis and Outlook for the Future / John A Church, Thorkild Aarup, Philip L Woodworth, W Stanley Wilson, Robert J Nicholls, Ralph Rayner, Kurt Lambeck, Gary T Mitchum, Konrad Steffen, Anny Cazenave, Geoff Blewitt, Jerry X Mitrovica, Jason A Lowe -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.45/8; Sea level; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Sea level; Electronic books; Electronic resource
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781444323283; 1444323288; 9781444340778; 1444340778
• Related ISBNs: 9781444323276; 144432327X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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