(Reduce uncertainty in projection of future sea-level change due to ice wastage): Progress report, August 1988--April 1989

• Main Author: Meier, M.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; MELTING; FLUID FLOW; FREEZING; ICE; PERMEABILITY; PROGRESS REPORT; RUNOFF; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Greenland; Agassiz Ice Cap; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6281188; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6281188; https://doi.org/10.2172/6281188

Since the conclusion of our 1988 field work activities, we have been occupied with organizing field data and redesigning our numerical model. Publications are in preparation describing last summer's field experiments and the basis for our new numerical model; one manuscript presenting current model results has been submitted to Water Resources Research. We are also planning an experimental program to accompany our field work. The accomplished goals of these activities are outlined below. A brief report on field studies at Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, Canada, in May, 1988, and on the Greenland Ice Sheet in August, 1988, was submitted to DOE in September, 1988, and is enclosed as Attachment A. Observational data from Agassiz Ice Cap were organized into an in-house data report last year. Additional information has been reduced from field notes and is being incorporated into the data report. The new information includes extra density profiles and macrophotographs of snow grains. A public data report is in preparation and will be available this summer through World Data Center A. A condensed data report may also be submitted for publication this summer.