| Description |
xvi, 424 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Climate and sea level change: a synthesis / R.A. Warrick -- Mean sea level changes in the recent past / V. Gornitz -- Recent global sea levels / D.G. Aubrey and K.O. Emery -- Improving sea level data / D.T. Pugh -- Global absolute sea level: the Hawaiian and US Atlantic coast-Bermuda regional networks / W.E. Carter, W. Scherer and J.M. Diamante / Long term changes in eustatic sea level / M.J. Tooley -- Future changes in global mean temperature and sea level / T.M.L. Wigley and S.C.B Raper -- Possible future contributions to sea level change from small glaciers / M. Kuhn -- Possible changes in the mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and their effects on sea level / J. Oerlemans -- The Antarctic Peninsula contribution to future sea level rise / J.G. Paren, C.S.M. Doake and D.A. Peel -- Model projections of CO2-induced equilibrium climate change / M.E. Schlesinger -- Observational data on the relationships between climatic change and the frequency and magnitude of severe tropical storms / S.C.B Raper -- Geographic information systems and future sea level rise/ I. Shennan -- The storm surge problem and possible effects of sea level changes on coastal flooding in the Bay of Bengal / R.A. Flather and H. Khandker -- Geographical complexities of detailed impact assessment for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta of Bangladesh / H. Brammer -- Possible impacts of, and adjustments to, sea level rise: the cases of Bangladesh and Egypt / J.M. Broadus -- Impacts of sea level rise on Coastal systems with special emphasis on the Mississippi River deltaic plain / J.W. Day, W.H. Conner, R. Costanza, G.P. Kemp and I.A. Mendelssohn -- Sea level rise: assessing the problems / H.G. Wind and E.B. Peerbolte -- Adjustment to greenhouse gas induced sea level rise on the Northfolk coast - a case study / K.M. Clayton -- What will happen to the Netherlands if sea level rise accelerates? / J.G. de Ronde -- The vulnerability of the east coast of South America to sea level rise and possible adjustment strategies / E.J. Schnack -- Future sea level rise in Hong Kong and possible environmental effects / W.W.-S. Yim -- Sea level changes / P.L. Woodworth -- Severe tropical storms and storms surges / A.B. Pittock and R.A. Flather -- Regional effects of sea level rise / J.G. Titus |
| Analysis |
Oceans Dynamics |
| Notes |
Maps on lining papers |
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R.A. Warrick is research director at the Centre for Environmental and Resource Studies, Waikato University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Case studies.
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Climatic changes -- Research.
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Climatic changes.
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Sea level -- Case studies.
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Sea level -- Research.
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Sea level.
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| Author |
Barrow, E. M.
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Warrick, R. A.
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Wigley, T. M. L.
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| LC no. |
92007594 |
| ISBN |
052139516X (hbk.) |
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