Density matters: ice compressibility and glacier mass estimation
Ice flow models typically assume that ice is incompressible, a reasonable assumption because ice density changes are indeed small and have a correspondingly small effect on the overall mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets. Given the immense volume of the ice sheets, however, even relatively small...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/jog.2021.132 2024-03-03T08:45:25+00:00 Density matters: ice compressibility and glacier mass estimation Lipovsky, Bradley Paul 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.132 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143021001325 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Journal of Glaciology volume 68, issue 270, page 831-832 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 2022 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.132 2024-02-08T08:30:27Z Ice flow models typically assume that ice is incompressible, a reasonable assumption because ice density changes are indeed small and have a correspondingly small effect on the overall mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets. Given the immense volume of the ice sheets, however, even relatively small changes may influence global mean sea level to a degree that severely impacts humanity (Hauer and others, 2020). Here, we quantify the role of gravitational compression and thermal contraction in estimating ice sheet mass. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 1 2 |
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Ice flow models typically assume that ice is incompressible, a reasonable assumption because ice density changes are indeed small and have a correspondingly small effect on the overall mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets. Given the immense volume of the ice sheets, however, even relatively small changes may influence global mean sea level to a degree that severely impacts humanity (Hauer and others, 2020). Here, we quantify the role of gravitational compression and thermal contraction in estimating ice sheet mass. |
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Density matters: ice compressibility and glacier mass estimation |
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Density matters: ice compressibility and glacier mass estimation |
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density matters: ice compressibility and glacier mass estimation |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology |
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Journal of Glaciology volume 68, issue 270, page 831-832 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 |
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