Veränderungen der großen Eisschilde
English summary:An overview is given of the basic response mechanisms of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to global warming. It is explained how mass-balancechanges are likely to dominate the response, though it is stressed that important uncertainties remain concerning the present evolution o...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:1476 2023-09-05T13:14:12+02:00 Veränderungen der großen Eisschilde Huybrechts, Philippe 1998 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/1476/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/1476/1/Huy1998a.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.12067 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.12067.d001 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/1476/1/Huy1998a.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.12067.d001 Huybrechts, P. (1998) Veränderungen der großen Eisschilde , Warnsignal Klima - Wissenschaftliche Fakten (J.L. Lozan, H. Grassl, P. Hupfer (eds.), Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen (Hamburg) . hdl:10013/epic.12067 EPIC3Warnsignal Klima - Wissenschaftliche Fakten (J.L. Lozan, H. Grassl, P. Hupfer (eds.), Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen (Hamburg), pp. 222-228 Inbook peerRev 1998 ftawi 2023-08-22T19:42:40Z English summary:An overview is given of the basic response mechanisms of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to global warming. It is explained how mass-balancechanges are likely to dominate the response, though it is stressed that important uncertainties remain concerning the present evolution of the ice sheets, therelation between climatic changes and the mass balance terms of snow accumulation and meltwater runoff, and the possible instability of the West Antarcticice sheet. According to the mid-range of the IPCC climatic projections, melting would be most important on the Greenland ice sheet, which would contributeabout 10 cm to global sea levels by the year 2100. The Antarctic ice sheet, on the other hand, would grow slightly, because increased precipitation rateswould dominate over increased melting rates and dynamic effects in West Antarctica remain small. A likely estimate for the Antarctic contribution to globalsea-level lowering is around 10 cm by the year 2100, which would largely balance the Greenland contribution. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Eisschild* Greenland Ice Sheet West Antarctica Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Greenland The Antarctic West Antarctica |
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English summary:An overview is given of the basic response mechanisms of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to global warming. It is explained how mass-balancechanges are likely to dominate the response, though it is stressed that important uncertainties remain concerning the present evolution of the ice sheets, therelation between climatic changes and the mass balance terms of snow accumulation and meltwater runoff, and the possible instability of the West Antarcticice sheet. According to the mid-range of the IPCC climatic projections, melting would be most important on the Greenland ice sheet, which would contributeabout 10 cm to global sea levels by the year 2100. The Antarctic ice sheet, on the other hand, would grow slightly, because increased precipitation rateswould dominate over increased melting rates and dynamic effects in West Antarctica remain small. A likely estimate for the Antarctic contribution to globalsea-level lowering is around 10 cm by the year 2100, which would largely balance the Greenland contribution. |
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Veränderungen der großen Eisschilde |
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Veränderungen der großen Eisschilde |
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veränderungen der großen eisschilde |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/1476/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/1476/1/Huy1998a.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.12067 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.12067.d001 |
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Antarctic Greenland The Antarctic West Antarctica |
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Antarctic Greenland The Antarctic West Antarctica |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Eisschild* Greenland Ice Sheet West Antarctica |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Eisschild* Greenland Ice Sheet West Antarctica |
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EPIC3Warnsignal Klima - Wissenschaftliche Fakten (J.L. Lozan, H. Grassl, P. Hupfer (eds.), Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen (Hamburg), pp. 222-228 |
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