The paradigm shift in Antarctic ice sheet modelling

The Antarctic ice sheet is one of the largest potential contributors to future sea level rise. Predicting its future behaviour using physically-based ice sheet models has been a bottleneck for the past decades, but major advances are ongoing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank Pattyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05003-z
Description
Summary:The Antarctic ice sheet is one of the largest potential contributors to future sea level rise. Predicting its future behaviour using physically-based ice sheet models has been a bottleneck for the past decades, but major advances are ongoing.
ISSN:2041-1723