FN Archimer Export Format PT CHAP TI Ocean Temperature and Salinity Contributions to Global and Regional Sea-Level Change (Chapter 6) BT Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability SI BREST SE PDG-ODE-ADM3 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19846/17496.pdf LA English DT Book section DE ;Ocean temperature and salinity contributions - global and regional sea-level changes;oceans, central component of climate systems - storing, transporting quantities of heat;expendable bathythermograph (XBT) - and upper-ocean temperature profiles;World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) - quality, global, top- to bottom survey of ocean temperature and salinity;estimating steric sea-level change - using ocean syntheses;Simple Ocean Data Analysis (SODA) model;Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission;20th-century climate and project 21st-century climate simulations - using coupled AOGCMs;coupled AOGCMs, mechanisms behind - global average and regional sea-level changes;increased spatial resolution, in resolving continental shelves and semi-enclosed seas AB This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Direct Estimates of Steric Sea-Level Rise Estimating Steric Sea-Level Change Using Ocean Syntheses Inferring Steric Sea Level from Time-Variable Gravity and Sea Level Modeling Steric Sea-Level Rise Conclusions and Recommendations Acknowledgments References PY 2010 ID 19846 ER EF