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

International audience 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 sig...

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Main Authors: Oerlemans, J., Dyurgerov, M., van de Wal, R. S. W.
Other Authors: Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University Utrecht, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2007
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spelling ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00298508v1 2023-12-03T10:31:07+01:00 Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850 Oerlemans, J. Dyurgerov, M. van de Wal, R. S. W. Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU) Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University Utrecht Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology 2007-12-06 https://hal.science/hal-00298508 https://hal.science/hal-00298508/document https://hal.science/hal-00298508/file/tc-1-59-2007.pdf en eng HAL CCSD Copernicus hal-00298508 https://hal.science/hal-00298508 https://hal.science/hal-00298508/document https://hal.science/hal-00298508/file/tc-1-59-2007.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1994-0424 EISSN: 1994-0416 The Cryosphere https://hal.science/hal-00298508 The Cryosphere, 2007, 1 (1), pp.59-65 [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2007 ftinsu 2023-11-08T17:28:39Z International audience 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 Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU
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Oerlemans, J.
Dyurgerov, M.
van de Wal, R. S. W.
Reconstructing the glacier contribution to sea-level rise back to 1850
topic_facet [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces
environment
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Atmosphere
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description International audience 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.
author2 Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU)
Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University Utrecht
Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology
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author Oerlemans, J.
Dyurgerov, M.
van de Wal, R. S. W.
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Dyurgerov, M.
van de Wal, R. S. W.
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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
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