Simulation of the European Ice Sheets: Reconstruction of the Past and Forecast of the Future European and British Ice Sheets and Associated Sea-Level Change - Couverture souple

Hagdorn, Magnus Karl Moritz

 
9783639475982: Simulation of the European Ice Sheets: Reconstruction of the Past and Forecast of the Future European and British Ice Sheets and Associated Sea-Level Change
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ISBN 10 : 3639475984 ISBN 13 : 9783639475982
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2013

Synopsis

Revision with unchanged content. Ice sheets form an integral part of the Earth system. They affect the planet's albedo, atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, topography, and global and local sea-level change. In order to understand how these systems work, it is necessary to understand how ice sheets interact with other parts of the climate system. A methodology is developed that compares relative sea-level records with simulations of past sea-levels using a high resolution, dynamic ice sheet model coupled to an isostatic adjustment model. The model is driven by a climatic forcing function determined so that the simulated ice sheet resembles the past Fennoscandian ice sheet. The Fennoscandian climate driver is then transferred to the British Isles to simulate the past British ice sheet. Finally, a non-linear regression technique is used to construct future ice sheet drivers from future sea-level change scenarios to forecast sea-level change around the British Isles during the next glacial cycle. This book will be interesting to anyone who wants to investigate climate change over large time scales and how models of the past might be used to forecast future behaviour.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. Ice sheets form an integral part of the Earth system. They affect the planet's albedo, atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, topography, and global and local sea-level change. In order to understand how these systems work, it is necessary to understand how ice sheets interact with other parts of the climate system. A methodology is developed that compares relative sea-level records with simulations of past sea-levels using a high resolution, dynamic ice sheet model coupled to an isostatic adjustment model. The model is driven by a climatic forcing function determined so that the simulated ice sheet resembles the past Fennoscandian ice sheet. The Fennoscandian climate driver is then transferred to the British Isles to simulate the past British ice sheet. Finally, a non-linear regression technique is used to construct future ice sheet drivers from future sea-level change scenarios to forecast sea-level change around the British Isles during the next glacial cycle. This book will be interesting to anyone who wants to investigate climate change over large time scales and how models of the past might be used to forecast future behaviour.

Biographie de l'auteur

Magnus Hagdorn, PhD: studied Geophysics at the School ofGeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and now work as ResearchGeophysicist for OHM Ltd., Aberdeen.

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639475984
ISBN 13 
9783639475982
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9783836492836: Simulation of the European Ice Sheets: Reconstruction of the Past and Forecast of the Future European and British Ice Sheets and Associated Sea-Level Change

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ISBN 10 :  3836492830 ISBN 13 :  9783836492836
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008
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