By Emeritus Professor John Alexander Church

Books

, 2020, Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, Finkl CW; Makowski C, (ed.), Springer International Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4

Siedler G; Griffies SM; Gould J; Church JA, 2013, Preface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.09989-X

Church JA; Woodworth PL; Aarup T; Wilson WS, 2010, Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444323276

Book Chapters

Church JA; Zhang X, 2023, 'Sea-Level Rise and Estuaries', in Climate Change and Estuaries, pp. 55 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003126096-5

Church JA; Gregory JM, 2019, 'Sea level change', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, pp. 493 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10820-6

Church JA; Gregory JM, 2019, 'Sea Level Change', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Third Edition: Volume 1-5, pp. V6-493-V6-499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10820-6

Church JA, 2019, 'Sea-Level and Climate Change', in Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, pp. 1485 - 1492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_382

Church JA, 2018, 'Sea-Level and Climate Change', in Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_382-1

Nerem RS; Ablain M; Cazenave A; Church J; Leuliette E, 2017, 'A 25-Year Satellite Altimetry-Based Global Mean Sea Level Record', in Satellite Altimetry over Oceans and Land Surfaces, CRC Press, pp. 187 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315151779-5

Steven Nerem R; Ablain M; Cazenave A; Church J; Leuliette E, 2017, 'A 25-year satellite altimetry-based global mean sea level record: Closure of the sea level budget and missing components', in Satellite Altimetry Over Oceans and Land Surfaces, pp. 187 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315151779

Church JA; Clark PU; Cazenave A; Gregory JM; Jevrejeva S; Levermann A; Merrifield MA; Milne GA; Nerem RS; Nunn PD; Payne AJ; Pfeffer WT; Stammer D; Unnikrishnan AS; Bahr D; Box JE; Bromwich DH; Carson M; Collins W; Fettweis X; Forster P; Gardner A; Gehrels WR; Giesen R; Gleckler PJ; Good P; Graversen RG; Greve R; Griffies S; Hanna E; Hemer M; Hock R; Holgate SJ; Hunter J; Huybrechts P; Johnson G; Joughin I; Kaser G; Katsman C; Konikow L; Krinner G; Le Brocq A; Lenaerts J; Ligtenberg S; Little CM; Marzeion B; McInnes KL; Mernild SH; Monselesan D; Mottram R; Murray T; Myhre G; Nicholas JP; Nick F; Perrette M; Pollard D; Radic V; Rae J; Rummukainen M; Schoof C; Slangen A; van Angelen JH; van de Berg WJ; van den Broeke M; Vizcano M; Wada Y; White NJ; Winkelmann R; Yin J; Yoshimori M; Zickfeld K, 2014, 'Sea Level Change', in Stocker TF; Qin D; Plattner GK; Tignor MMB; Allen SK; Boschung J; Nauels A; Xia Y; Bex V; Midgley PM (ed.), CLIMATE CHANGE 2013: THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE BASIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 1137 - 1216, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000368114000017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Alexander LV; Allen SK; Bindoff NL; Breon F-M; Church JA; Cubasch U; Emori S; Forster P; Friedlingstein P; Gillett N; Gregory JM; Hartmann DL; Jansen E; Kirtman B; Knutti R; Kanikicharla KK; Lemke P; Marotzke J; Masson-Delmotte V; Meehl GA; Mokhov II; Piao S; Plattner G-K; Qin D; Ramaswamy V; Randall D; Rhein M; Rojas M; Sabine C; Shindell D; Stocker TF; Talley LD; Vaughan DG; Xie S-P; Allen MR; Boucher O; Chambers D; Christensen JH; Ciais P; Clark PU; Collins M; Comiso JC; de Menezes VV; Feely RA; Fichefet T; Fiore AM; Flato G; Fuglestvedt J; Hegerl G; Hezel PJ; Johnson GC; Kaser G; Kattsov V; Kennedy J; Tank AMGK; Le Quere C; Myhre G; Osborn T; Payne AJ; Perlwitz J; Power S; Prather M; Rintoul SR; Rogelj J; Rusticucci M; Schulz M; Sedlacek J; Stott PA; Sutton R; Thorne PW; Wuebbles D, 2014, 'Summary for Policymakers', in Stocker TF; Qin D; Plattner GK; Tignor MMB; Allen SK; Boschung J; Nauels A; Xia Y; Bex V; Midgley PM (ed.), CLIMATE CHANGE 2013: THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE BASIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 3 - 29, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000368114000003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Stocker TF; Qin D; Plattner G-K; Alexander LV; Allen SK; Bindoff NL; Breon F-M; Church JA; Cubasch U; Emori S; Forster P; Friedlingstein P; Gillett N; Gregory JM; Hartmann DL; Jansen E; Kirtman B; Knutti R; Kanikicharla KK; Lemke P; Marotzke J; Masson-Delmotte V; Meehl GA; Mokhov II; Piao S; Ramaswamy V; Randall D; Rhein M; Rojas M; Sabine C; Shindell D; Talley LD; Vaughan DG; Xie S-P, 2014, 'Technical Summary', in Stocker TF; Qin D; Plattner GK; Tignor MMB; Allen SK; Boschung J; Nauels A; Xia Y; Bex V; Midgley PM (ed.), CLIMATE CHANGE 2013: THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE BASIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 33 - 115, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000368114000004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Abdulla A; Barros VR; Calvo E; Field CB; Moreno JM; Raholijao N; Semenov S; Smith N; Field CB; Barros VR; Mach KJ; Mastrandrea MD; van Aalst MK; Adger WN; Arent DJ; Barnett J; Betts RA; Bilir TE; Birkmann J; Carmin J; Chadee DD; Challinor AJ; Chatterjee M; Cramer W; Davidson DJ; Estrada YO; Gattuso J-P; Hijioka Y; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Huang H-Q; Insarov GE; Jones RN; Kovats RS; Larsen JN; Losada IJ; Marengo JA; McLean RF; Mearns LO; Mechler R; Morton JF; Niang I; Oki T; Olwoch JM; Opondo M; Poloczanska ES; Poertner H-O; Redsteer MH; Reisinger A; Revi A; Romero-Lankao P; Schmidt DN; Shaw MR; Solecki W; Stone DA; Stone JMR; Strzepek KM; Suarez AG; Tschakert P; Valentini R; Vicuna S; Villamizar A; Vincent KE; Warren R; White LL; Wilbanks TJ; Wong PP; Yohe GW, 2014, 'Technical Summary', in Field CB; Barros VR; Dokken DJ; Mach KJ; Mastrandrea MD; Bilir TB; Chatterjee M; Ebi KL; Estrada YO; Genova RC; Girma B; Kissel ES; Levy AN; MacCracken S; Mastrandrea PR; White LL (ed.), CLIMATE CHANGE 2014: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION, AND VULNERABILITY, PT A: GLOBAL AND SECTORAL ASPECTS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 35 - 94, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000368115400005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Church JA; White NJ; Domingues CM; Monselesan DP; Miles ER, 2013, 'Chapter 27 Sea-Level and Ocean Heat-Content Change', in Ocean Circulation and Climate - A 21st Century Perspective, Elsevier, pp. 697 - 725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-391851-2.00027-1

Siedler G; Griffies SM; Gould J; Church JA, 2013, 'Preface', in Ocean Circulation and Climate - A 21st Century Perspective, Elsevier, pp. xxi - xxiii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-391851-2.09989-x

Deng X; Griffin DA; Ridgway K; Church JA; Featherstone WE; White NJ; Cahill M, 2011, 'Satellite altimetry for geodetic, oceanographic, and climate studies in the Australian region', in Coastal Altimetry, pp. 473 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12796-0_18

Church JA; Asrar GR; Busalacchi AJ; Arndt CE, 2011, 'Climate Information for Coping with Environmental Change: Contributions of the World Climate Research Programme', in Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 1257 - 1271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_78

Woodworth PL; Church JA; Aarup T; Wilson WS, 2010, 'Introduction', in Understanding Sea‐Level Rise and Variability, Wiley, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444323276.ch1

Church JA; Roemmich D; Domingues CM; Willis JK; White NJ; Gilson JE; Stammer D; Köhl A; Chambers DP; Landerer FW; Marotzke J; Gregory JM; Suzuki T; Cazenave A; Le Traon PY, 2010, 'Ocean Temperature and Salinity Contributions to Global and Regional Sea-Level Change', in Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability, pp. 143 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444323276.ch6

Church JA; Aarup T; Woodworth PL; Wilson WS; Nicholls RJ; Rayner R; Lambeck K; Mitchum GT; Steffen K; Cazenave A; Blewitt G; Mitrovica JX; Lowe JA, 2010, 'Sea-Level Rise and Variability: Synthesis and Outlook for the Future', in Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability, pp. 402 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444323276.ch13

Church JA; Gregory JM, 2001, 'Sea Level Change', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences: Second Edition, pp. 179 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00268-X

Gould J; Church J; Siedler G, 2001, 'Preface', in Ocean Circulation and Climate - Observing and Modelling the Global Ocean, Elsevier, pp. xviii - iixix, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0074-6142(01)80106-6

Church JA; Gregory JM, 2001, 'Sea Level Change', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Elsevier, pp. 2599 - 2604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/rwos.2001.0268

McLean RF; 64 EA, 2001, 'Summary for policymakers', in McCarthy JJ; Canziani OF; Leary NA; Dokken DJ; White KS (ed.), Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Contribution of Working Group II to Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 1 - 18

Rothlisberg PC; Church JA, 1994, 'Processes controlling the larval dispersal and postlarval recruitment of penaeid prawns', in Coastal and Estuarine Studies, American Geophysical Union, pp. 235 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/ce045p0235

Church JA; Cresswell GR; Godfrey JS, 1989, 'The Leeuwin Current', in Coastal and Estuarine Studies, American Geophysical Union, pp. 230 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/ce034p0230

Church JA; Cresswell GR; Stuart Godfrey J, 1989, 'The Leeuwin Current', in Poleward Flows Along Eastern Ocean Boundaries, Springer New York, pp. 230 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8963-7_16

Journal articles

Wang J; Church JA; Zhang X; Chen X, 2024, 'Improved Sea Level Reconstruction from 1900 to 2019', Journal of Climate, 37, pp. 6453 - 6474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0410.1

Slangen A; Palmer M; Camargo C; Church J; Edwards T; Hermans T; Hewitt H; Garner G; Gregory J; Kopp R; Malagon Santos V; van de Wal R, 2024, 'Sea-level projections in recent IPCC reports: how we got here, where we are and where we’re going ', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9008

Mu D; Church JA; King M; Ludwigsen CB; Xu T, 2024, 'Contrasting Discrepancy in the Sea Level Budget Between the North and South Atlantic Ocean Since 2016', Earth and Space Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003133

Von Schuckmann K; Minière A; Gues F; Cuesta-Valero FJ; Kirchengast G; Adusumilli S; Straneo F; Ablain M; Allan RP; Barker PM; Beltrami H; Blazquez A; Boyer T; Cheng L; Church J; Desbruyeres D; Dolman H; Domingues CM; García-García A; Giglio D; Gilson JE; Gorfer M; Haimberger L; Hakuba MZ; Hendricks S; Hosoda S; Johnson GC; Killick R; King B; Kolodziejczyk N; Korosov A; Krinner G; Kuusela M; Landerer FW; Langer M; Lavergne T; Lawrence I; Li Y; Lyman J; Marti F; Marzeion B; Mayer M; MacDougall AH; McDougall T; Monselesan DP; Nitzbon J; Otosaka I; Peng J; Purkey S; Roemmich D; Sato K; Sato K; Savita A; Schweiger A; Shepherd A; Seneviratne SI; Simons L; Slater DA; Slater T; Steiner AK; Suga T; Szekely T; Thiery W; Timmermans ML; Vanderkelen I; Wjiffels SE; Wu T; Zemp M, 2023, 'Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?', Earth System Science Data, 15, pp. 1675 - 1709, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1675-2023

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Wu Q; Fiedler R; Dias FB, 2023, 'Roles of Surface Forcing in the Southern Ocean Temperature and Salinity Changes under Increasing CO2: Perspectives from Model Perturbation Experiments and a Theoretical Framework', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53, pp. 19 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0095.1

Slangen ABA; Palmer MD; Camargo CML; Church JA; Edwards TL; Hermans THJ; Hewitt HT; Garner GG; Gregory JM; Kopp RE; Santos VM; van de Wal RSW, 2023, 'The evolution of 21st century sea-level projections from IPCC AR5 to AR6 and beyond', Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cft.2022.8

Li Y; Church JA; McDougall TJ; Barker PM, 2022, 'Sensitivity of Observationally Based Estimates of Ocean Heat Content and Thermal Expansion to Vertical Interpolation Schemes', Geophysical Research Letters, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101079

van de Wal RSW; Nicholls RJ; Behar D; McInnes K; Stammer D; Lowe JA; Church JA; DeConto R; Fettweis X; Goelzer H; Haasnoot M; Haigh ID; Hinkel J; Horton BP; James TS; Jenkins A; LeCozannet G; Levermann A; Lipscomb WH; Marzeion B; Pattyn F; Payne AJ; Pfeffer WT; Price SF; Seroussi H; Sun S; Veatch W; White K, 2022, 'A High-End Estimate of Sea Level Rise for Practitioners', Earth's Future, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002751

Sohail T; Zika JD; Irving DB; Church JA, 2022, 'Observed poleward freshwater transport since 1970', Nature, 602, pp. 617 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04370-w

Savita A; Domingues CM; Boyer T; Gouretski V; Ishii M; Johnson GC; Lyman JM; Willis JK; Marsland SJ; Hobbs W; Church JA; Monselesan DP; Dobrohotoff P; Cowley R; Wijffels SE, 2022, 'Quantifying Spread in Spatiotemporal Changes of Upper-Ocean Heat Content Estimates: An Internationally Coordinated Comparison', Journal of Climate, 35, pp. 851 - 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0603.1

Wang J; Church JA; Zhang X; Chen X, 2021, 'Reconciling global mean and regional sea level change in projections and observations', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21265-6

Wang J; Church JA; Zhang X; Gregory JM; Zanna L; Chen X, 2021, 'Evaluation of the Local Sea-Level Budget at Tide Gauges Since 1958', Geophysical Research Letters, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094502

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA, 2021, 'Projected ocean warming constrained by the ocean observational record', Nature Climate Change, 11, pp. 834 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01151-1

Jin Y; Zhang X; Church JA; Bao X, 2021, 'Projected sea level changes in the marginal seas near China based on dynamical downscaling', Journal of Climate, 34, pp. 7037 - 7055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0796.1

Wu Q; Zhang X; Church JA; Hu J; Gregory JM, 2021, 'Evolving patterns of sterodynamic sea-level rise under mitigation scenarios and insights from linear system theory', Climate Dynamics, 57, pp. 635 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05727-7

Sohail T; Irving DB; Zika JD; Holmes RM; Church JA, 2021, 'Fifty Year Trends in Global Ocean Heat Content Traced to Surface Heat Fluxes in the Sub-Polar Ocean', Geophysical Research Letters, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091439

Irving D; Hobbs W; Church J; Zika J, 2021, 'A Mass and Energy Conservation Analysis of Drift in the CMIP6 Ensemble', Journal of Climate, 34, pp. 3157 - 3170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0281.1

Sohail T; Irving DB; Zika JD; Holmes RM; Church JA, 2020, 'Long-term global ocean heat content change driven by sub-polar surface heat fluxes', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10504695.1

Richter K; Meyssignac B; Slangen ABA; Melet A; Church JA; Fettweis X; Marzeion B; Agosta C; Ligtenberg SRM; Spada G; Palmer MD; Roberts CD; Champollion N, 2020, 'Detecting a forced signal in satellite-era sea-level change', Environmental Research Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab986e

Todd A; Zanna L; Couldrey M; Gregory J; Wu Q; Church JA; Farneti R; Navarro-Labastida R; Lyu K; Saenko O; Yang D; Zhang X, 2020, 'Ocean-Only FAFMIP: Understanding Regional Patterns of Ocean Heat Content and Dynamic Sea Level Change', Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019MS002027

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA, 2020, 'Regional Dynamic Sea Level Simulated in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models: Mean Biases, Future Projections, and Their Linkages', Journal of Climate, 33, pp. 6377 - 6398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-1029.1

Lyu K; Zhang X; Church JA; Wu Q, 2020, 'Processes responsible for the southern hemisphere ocean heat uptake and redistribution under anthropogenic warming', Journal of Climate, 33, pp. 3787 - 3807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0478.1

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