'Coupling ice sheet models' diaporamas de présentation

Ice Sheets and Climate Change William H. Lipscomb Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Ice Sheets and Climate Change William H. Lipscomb Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ice Sheets and Climate Change William H. Lipscomb Los Alamos National Laboratory. Antarctic ice sheet. Volume ~ 26 million km 3 (~61 m sea level equivalent) Area ~ 13 million km 2 Mean thickness ~ 2 km Accumulation ~ 2000 km 3 /yr, balanced mostly by iceberg calving

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Problem

Optimal Initial Conditions for Coupling Ice Sheet & Earth System Models. Modeled Greenland velocity field (a), flux divergence (b), and transient thickness change (c) using standard optimization. Reduced thickness change with new method shown in (d). Problem

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