Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850

We present a method to estimate the glacier contribution to sea-level rise from glacier length records. These records form the only direct evidence of glacier changes prior to 1946, when the first continuous mass-balance observations began. A globally representative length signal is calculated from...

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Main Authors: J. Oerlemans, M. Dyurgerov, R. S. W. van de Wal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007
Subjects:
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Geology
QE1-996.5
The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a2d05dbba19e41ddad1ae8c3086667e4
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a2d05dbba19e41ddad1ae8c3086667e4 2023-05-15T18:32:24+02:00 Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850 J. Oerlemans M. Dyurgerov R. S. W. van de Wal 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/a2d05dbba19e41ddad1ae8c3086667e4 EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.the-cryosphere.net/1/59/2007/tc-1-59-2007.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1994-0416 https://doaj.org/toc/1994-0424 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://doaj.org/article/a2d05dbba19e41ddad1ae8c3086667e4 The Cryosphere, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 59-65 (2007) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2007 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T09:11:58Z We present a method to estimate the glacier contribution to sea-level rise from glacier length records. These records form the only direct evidence of glacier changes prior to 1946, when the first continuous mass-balance observations began. A globally representative length signal is calculated from 197 length records from all continents by normalisation and averaging of 14 different regions. Next, the resulting signal is calibrated with mass-balance observations for the period 1961–2000. We find that the glacier contribution to sea level rise was 5.5±1.0 cm during the period 1850–2000 and 4.5±0.7 cm during the period 1900–2000. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
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GE1-350
Geology
QE1-996.5
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GE1-350
Geology
QE1-996.5
J. Oerlemans
M. Dyurgerov
R. S. W. van de Wal
Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
topic_facet Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Geology
QE1-996.5
description We present a method to estimate the glacier contribution to sea-level rise from glacier length records. These records form the only direct evidence of glacier changes prior to 1946, when the first continuous mass-balance observations began. A globally representative length signal is calculated from 197 length records from all continents by normalisation and averaging of 14 different regions. Next, the resulting signal is calibrated with mass-balance observations for the period 1961–2000. We find that the glacier contribution to sea level rise was 5.5±1.0 cm during the period 1850–2000 and 4.5±0.7 cm during the period 1900–2000.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author J. Oerlemans
M. Dyurgerov
R. S. W. van de Wal
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M. Dyurgerov
R. S. W. van de Wal
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title Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
title_short Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
title_full Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
title_fullStr Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
title_full_unstemmed Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
title_sort reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
publisher Copernicus Publications
publishDate 2007
url https://doaj.org/article/a2d05dbba19e41ddad1ae8c3086667e4
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op_source The Cryosphere, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 59-65 (2007)
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