Understanding sea-level rise and variability / / edited by John A. Church ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876603103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010
• ISBN: 1-4443-4077-8; 1-282-65429-2; 9786612654299; 1-4443-2327-X; 1-4443-2328-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChurchJohn <1951->
• Disciplina: 551.45/8
• Soggetti: Sea level; Oceanography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: UNDERSTANDING SEA-LEVEL RISE AND VARIABILITY; Contents; Editor Biographies; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1: Introduction; 2: Impacts of and Responsesto Sea-Level Rise; 3: A First-Order Assessment of the Impact of Long-Term Trends in Extreme Sea Levels on Offshore Structures and Coastal Refineries; 4: Paleoenvironmental Records, Geophysical Modeling, and Reconstruction of Sea-Level Trends and Variability on Centennial and Longer Timescales; 5: Modern Sea-Level-Change Estimates; 6: Ocean Temperature and Salinity Contributions to Global and Regional Sea-Level Change7: Cryospheric Contributions to Sea-Level Rise and Variability; 8: Terrestrial Water-Storage Contributions to Sea-Level Rise and Variability; 9: Geodetic Observations and Global Reference Frame Contributions to Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability; 10: Surface Mass Loading on a Dynamic Earth:Complexity and Contamination in the Geodetic Analysis of Global Sea-Level Trends; 11: Past and Future Changes in Extreme Sea Levels and Waves; 12: Observing Systems Needed to Address Sea-evel Rise and Variability13: Sea-Level Rise and Variability: Synthesis and Outlook for ; the Future; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability identifies the major impacts of sea-level rise, presents up-to-date assessments of past sea-level change, thoroughly explores all of the factors contributing to sea-level rise, and explores how sea-level extreme events might change. It identifies what is known in each area and what research and observations are required to reduce the uncertainties in our understanding of sea-level rise so that more reliable future projections can be made. A synthesis of findings provides a concise summary of past, present and future sea-level rise and its imp