Modeling the Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the 200 ky

The evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 200 ky is simulated with a finite difference thermomechanical model based on the shallow ice approximation. The model depends on the surface temperature, the ice accumulation rate, the geothermal heat flux and the basal sliding coefficient, which...

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Published in:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Main Authors: C. Balconi, F. Baratelli, M. Giudici, C. Vassena
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010
Subjects:
Antarctic ice sheet
Glaciology
Hurst exponent
shallow ice approximation
thermomechanical modelling
Settore GEO/12 - Oceanografia e Fisica dell'Atmosfera
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2434/147094
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.05.138
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Summary:The evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 200 ky is simulated with a finite difference thermomechanical model based on the shallow ice approximation. The model depends on the surface temperature, the ice accumulation rate, the geothermal heat flux and the basal sliding coefficient, which are estimated with large uncertainty. Therefore a sensitivity analysis is applied to assess the most critical parameters.

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