Internal climate variability and projected future regional steric and dynamic sea level rise.

ABSTRACT: Observational evidence points to a warming global climate accompanied by rising sea levels which impose significant impacts on island and coastal communities. Studies suggest that internal climate processes can modulate projected future sea level rise (SLR) regionally. It is not clear whether this modulation depends on the future climate pathways. Here, by analyzing two sets of ensemble simulations from a climate model, we investigate the potential reduction of SLR, as a result of steric and dynamic oceanographic affects alone, achieved by following a lower emission scenario instead of business-as-usual one over the twenty-first century and how it may be modulated regionally by internal climate variability. Results show almost no statistically significant difference in steric and dynamic S

SUBMITTER: Hu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5852151 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature