Thermodynamics and dynamics of polar ice sheets, glaciers and ice shelves under changing climate

• Main Author: Välisuo, Ilona
• Other Authors: Hesselbjerg Christensen, Jens, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Doctoral Programme in Atmospheric Sciences, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsingin yliopisto, matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Ilmakehätieteiden tohtoriohjelma, Helsingfors universitet, matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Doktorandprogrammet i atmosfärvetenskap, Vihma, Timo, Järvinen, Heikki
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2018
• Subjects: Meteorologia; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Wilkins; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/256028

Polar ice sheets, glaciers, and ice shelves, referred to as land ice in this document, are under transition in the changing climate. Observations show that glaciers have retreated and melt water discharge from land ice has increased together with the warming climate. Decreasing volume of land ice is...