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http://dx.doi.org/10.9765/KSCOE.2011.23.3.236

Sea Level Rise due to Global Warming in the Northwestern Pacific and Seas around the Korean Peninsula  

Oh, Sang-Myeong (Graduate program in marine meteorology, Jeju National University)
Kwon, Seok-Jae (Ocean Research Lab., Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration)
Moon, Il-Ju (College of Ocean Science/Ocean and Environment Research Institute, Jeju National University)
Lee, Eun-Il (Ocean Research Lab., Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration)
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Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers / v.23, no.3, 2011 , pp. 236-247 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigates sea level (SL) rise due to global warming in the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) and Seas around the Korean peninsula (KP) using outputs of IPCC AR4 climate models. Particularly, components of the SL rise induced by a local steric effect, which was not considered in most climate models, were computed using model-projected 3-dimensional temperature and salinity data. Analysis of the SL data shows that the ratio of the SL rise in the NWP and KP was about two times higher than that in global mean and particularly the ratio in the Kuroshio extension region was the highest. The SL rises over 100 years estimated from MPI_ECHAM5 and GFDL_CM2.1 model by A1B scenario considering the thermosteric effect were 24 cm and 28 cm for the NWP and 27 cm and 31 cm for the Seas around the KP, respectively. Statistical analysis reveals that these SL rises are caused by the weakening of the Siberian High in winter as well as variations of pressure system in the NWP and by the resultant change of water temperature. It also found that the highest SL rise in the Kuroshio extension region of the NWP was connected with the large increase of water temperature in this area.
Keywords
global warming; sea level rise; thermosteric; sea surface temperature; Kuroshio; northwestern Pacific;
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