Updated
12 October, 2003
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Figure 18: Historic and
projected changes in sea level based on the Canadian Model Scenario and
Hadley Model Scenario simulations. The Canadian Model Scenario estimate
includes only the effects of thermal expansion of warming ocean waters (F. Zwiers, personal communication). The Hadley Model Scenario simulation adds
on the sea level increment of melting of mountain glaciers (Gregory and
Oerlemans, 1998). Neither model includes consideration of possible changes
of sea level (upward or downward) due to melting or accumulation of snow
on Greenland and Antarctica.
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