Carbon dioxide effects research and assessment program. Environmental and societal consequences of a possible CO/sub 2/-induced climate change: volume II, part I. Response of the West Antarctic ice sheet to CO/sub 2/-induced climatic warming

The paper proposes a research plan to deal with the question of what the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would be to a rise in global temperatures caused by an anthropogenic CO/sub 2/ buildup in the atmosphere. The plan is designed to answer the following questions: (1) how fast is the ice...

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Main Author: Bentley, C.
Language:unknown
Published: 2013
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANTARCTICA
GLACIERS
ICE
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
CARBON DIOXIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CLIMATES
ENERGY BALANCE
HEAT TRANSFER
SEA LEVEL
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ENERGY TRANSFER
LEVELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLAR REGIONS
Antarctic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5305699
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5305699
https://doi.org/10.2172/5305699
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Summary:The paper proposes a research plan to deal with the question of what the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would be to a rise in global temperatures caused by an anthropogenic CO/sub 2/ buildup in the atmosphere. The plan is designed to answer the following questions: (1) how fast is the ice mass changing now, and why; (2) how will the boundary conditions that affect the ice sheet respond to an atmospheric temperature change and how are those boundary conditions changing now; (3) what will be the response of the ice sheet to changes in boundary conditions; and (4) what can be learned by analogy with what has happened in the past. (ACR)

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