Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project)
Ten ice-sheet models are used to study sensitivity of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to prescribed changes of surface mass balance, sub-ice-shelf melting and basal sliding. Results exhibit a large range in projected contributions to sea-level change. In most cases, the ice volume above flota...
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ftcdlib:qt0gz6g1cc 2023-05-15T13:32:40+02:00 Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project) Bindschadler, Robert A Nowicki, Sophie Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Aschwanden, Andy Choi, Hyeungu Fastook, Jim Granzow, Glen Greve, Ralf Gutowski, Gail Herzfeld, Ute Jackson, Charles Johnson, Jesse Khroulev, Constantine Levermann, Anders Lipscomb, William H Martin, Maria A Morlighem, Mathieu Parizek, Byron R Pollard, David Price, Stephen F Ren, Diandong Saito, Fuyuki Sato, Tatsuru Seddik, Hakime Seroussi, Helene Takahashi, Kunio Walker, Ryan Wang, Wei L 195 - 224 2013-04-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0gz6g1cc english eng eScholarship, University of California qt0gz6g1cc http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0gz6g1cc Attribution (CC BY): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Bindschadler, Robert A; Nowicki, Sophie; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Aschwanden, Andy; Choi, Hyeungu; Fastook, Jim; et al.(2013). Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project). Journal of Glaciology, 59(214), 195 - 224. doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J125. UC Irvine: Department of Earth System Science, UCI. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0gz6g1cc Physical Sciences and Mathematics climate forcing glacier mass balance ice sheet ice shelf interpolation melting numerical model sea level change sensitivity analysis Antarctica Arctic Greenland article 2013 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J125 2016-04-02T19:06:27Z Ten ice-sheet models are used to study sensitivity of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to prescribed changes of surface mass balance, sub-ice-shelf melting and basal sliding. Results exhibit a large range in projected contributions to sea-level change. In most cases, the ice volume above flotation lost is linearly dependent on the strength of the forcing. Combinations of forcings can be closely approximated by linearly summing the contributions from single forcing experiments, suggesting that nonlinear feedbacks are modest. Our models indicate that Greenland is more sensitive than Antarctica to likely atmospheric changes in temperature and precipitation, while Antarctica is more sensitive to increased ice-shelf basal melting. An experiment approximating the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's RCP8.5 scenario produces additional first-century contributions to sea level of 22.3 and 8.1 cm from Greenland and Antarctica, respectively, with a range among models of 62 and 14 cm, respectively. By 200 years, projections increase to 53.2 and 26.7 cm, respectively, with ranges of 79 and 43 cm. Linear interpolation of the sensitivity results closely approximates these projections, revealing the relative contributions of the individual forcings on the combined volume change and suggesting that total ice-sheet response to complicated forcings over 200 years can be linearized. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Journal of Glaciology University of California: eScholarship Antarctic Arctic Greenland Journal of Glaciology 59 214 195 224 |
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Physical Sciences and Mathematics climate forcing glacier mass balance ice sheet ice shelf interpolation melting numerical model sea level change sensitivity analysis Antarctica Arctic Greenland Bindschadler, Robert A Nowicki, Sophie Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Aschwanden, Andy Choi, Hyeungu Fastook, Jim Granzow, Glen Greve, Ralf Gutowski, Gail Herzfeld, Ute Jackson, Charles Johnson, Jesse Khroulev, Constantine Levermann, Anders Lipscomb, William H Martin, Maria A Morlighem, Mathieu Parizek, Byron R Pollard, David Price, Stephen F Ren, Diandong Saito, Fuyuki Sato, Tatsuru Seddik, Hakime Seroussi, Helene Takahashi, Kunio Walker, Ryan Wang, Wei L Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project) |
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Ten ice-sheet models are used to study sensitivity of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to prescribed changes of surface mass balance, sub-ice-shelf melting and basal sliding. Results exhibit a large range in projected contributions to sea-level change. In most cases, the ice volume above flotation lost is linearly dependent on the strength of the forcing. Combinations of forcings can be closely approximated by linearly summing the contributions from single forcing experiments, suggesting that nonlinear feedbacks are modest. Our models indicate that Greenland is more sensitive than Antarctica to likely atmospheric changes in temperature and precipitation, while Antarctica is more sensitive to increased ice-shelf basal melting. An experiment approximating the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's RCP8.5 scenario produces additional first-century contributions to sea level of 22.3 and 8.1 cm from Greenland and Antarctica, respectively, with a range among models of 62 and 14 cm, respectively. By 200 years, projections increase to 53.2 and 26.7 cm, respectively, with ranges of 79 and 43 cm. Linear interpolation of the sensitivity results closely approximates these projections, revealing the relative contributions of the individual forcings on the combined volume change and suggesting that total ice-sheet response to complicated forcings over 200 years can be linearized. |
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Bindschadler, Robert A Nowicki, Sophie Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Aschwanden, Andy Choi, Hyeungu Fastook, Jim Granzow, Glen Greve, Ralf Gutowski, Gail Herzfeld, Ute Jackson, Charles Johnson, Jesse Khroulev, Constantine Levermann, Anders Lipscomb, William H Martin, Maria A Morlighem, Mathieu Parizek, Byron R Pollard, David Price, Stephen F Ren, Diandong Saito, Fuyuki Sato, Tatsuru Seddik, Hakime Seroussi, Helene Takahashi, Kunio Walker, Ryan Wang, Wei L |
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Bindschadler, Robert A Nowicki, Sophie Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Aschwanden, Andy Choi, Hyeungu Fastook, Jim Granzow, Glen Greve, Ralf Gutowski, Gail Herzfeld, Ute Jackson, Charles Johnson, Jesse Khroulev, Constantine Levermann, Anders Lipscomb, William H Martin, Maria A Morlighem, Mathieu Parizek, Byron R Pollard, David Price, Stephen F Ren, Diandong Saito, Fuyuki Sato, Tatsuru Seddik, Hakime Seroussi, Helene Takahashi, Kunio Walker, Ryan Wang, Wei L |
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Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project) |
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Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project) |
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Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project) |
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Bindschadler, Robert A; Nowicki, Sophie; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Aschwanden, Andy; Choi, Hyeungu; Fastook, Jim; et al.(2013). Ice-sheet model sensitivities to environmental forcing and their use in projecting future sea level (the SeaRISE project). Journal of Glaciology, 59(214), 195 - 224. doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J125. UC Irvine: Department of Earth System Science, UCI. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0gz6g1cc |
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