Evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet: new understanding and challenges
This brief paper has two purposes. First, we gauge developments in the study of the Antarctic ice sheet over the last seven years by comparing the contents of this issue with the volume produced from an American Geophysical Union meeting, held in September 1998, on the West Antarctic ice sheet. We f...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsta.2006.1802 2024-06-23T07:45:28+00:00 Evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet: new understanding and challenges Payne, Antony J Hunt, Julian C.R Wingham, Duncan J 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2006.1802 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2006.1802 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2006.1802 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences volume 364, issue 1844, page 1867-1872 ISSN 1364-503X 1471-2962 journal-article 2006 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2006.1802 2024-06-10T04:15:16Z This brief paper has two purposes. First, we gauge developments in the study of the Antarctic ice sheet over the last seven years by comparing the contents of this issue with the volume produced from an American Geophysical Union meeting, held in September 1998, on the West Antarctic ice sheet. We focus on the uptake of satellite-based observation; ice–ocean interactions; ice streams as foci of change within the ice sheet; and the time scales on which the ice sheet is thought to operate. Second, we attempt to anticipate the future challenges that the study of the Antarctic ice sheet will present. We highlight the role of the upcoming International Polar Year in facilitating a better coverage of in situ climatic observations over the continent; the pressing need to understand the causes and consequences of the contemporary changes observed in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica; and the need for improved physics in predictive models of the ice sheet. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet International Polar Year West Antarctica The Royal Society Amundsen Sea Antarctic The Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet West Antarctica Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 364 1844 1867 1872 |
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This brief paper has two purposes. First, we gauge developments in the study of the Antarctic ice sheet over the last seven years by comparing the contents of this issue with the volume produced from an American Geophysical Union meeting, held in September 1998, on the West Antarctic ice sheet. We focus on the uptake of satellite-based observation; ice–ocean interactions; ice streams as foci of change within the ice sheet; and the time scales on which the ice sheet is thought to operate. Second, we attempt to anticipate the future challenges that the study of the Antarctic ice sheet will present. We highlight the role of the upcoming International Polar Year in facilitating a better coverage of in situ climatic observations over the continent; the pressing need to understand the causes and consequences of the contemporary changes observed in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica; and the need for improved physics in predictive models of the ice sheet. |
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Evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet: new understanding and challenges |
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