The paradigm shift in Antarctic ice sheet modelling

The Antarctic ice sheet is one of the largest potential contributors to future sea level rise. Predicting its future behaviour using physically-based ice sheet models has been a bottleneck for the past decades, but major advances are ongoing.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Author: Pattyn, Frank
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048022/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013142
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05003-z
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Summary:The Antarctic ice sheet is one of the largest potential contributors to future sea level rise. Predicting its future behaviour using physically-based ice sheet models has been a bottleneck for the past decades, but major advances are ongoing.