Davis, Curt H., Li, Yonghong, McConnell, Joseph R. , Frey, Markus M. and Hanna, Edward (2005) Climate change: snowfall-driven growth in East Antarctic ice sheet mitigates recent sea-level rise. Science, 308 (5730). pp. 1898-1901. ISSN 0036-8075
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
Satellite radar altimetry measurements indicate that the East Antarctic ice-sheet interior north of 81.6°S increased in mass by 45 ± 7 billion metric tons per year from 1992 to 2003. Comparisons with contemporaneous meteorological model snowfall estimates suggest that the gain in mass was associated with increased precipitation. A gain of this magnitude is enough to slow sea-level rise by 0.12 ± 0.02 millimeters per year.
| Keywords: | Aneroid altimeters, Geostationary satellites, Mathematical models, Radar, Sea ice, Sea level, Snow, Altimetry, Mass gain, Meteorological models, Sea-level rise, Global warming, ice, snow, climate change, deglaciation, ice sheet, sea level change, Antarctica, article, climate change, glacier, greenhouse effect, Greenland, mass, measurement, meteorological phenomena, precipitation, prediction, priority journal, theoretical model, thickness |
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| Subjects: | F Physical Sciences > F890 Geographical and Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Divisions: | College of Science > School of Geography |
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| ID Code: | 26060 |
| Deposited On: | 31 Mar 2017 08:48 |
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