Three positive feedback mechanisms for ice-sheet melting in a warming climate

• Main Authors: Ren, D, Leslie, LM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/118394

Three positive feedback mechanisms that accelerate ice-sheet melting are assessed in a warming climate, using a numerical ice model driven by atmospheric climate models. The Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is the modeling test-bed under accelerated melting conditions. The first feedback is the interactio...