Modeling the Greenland Ice Sheet response to climate change in the past and future
The Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) contains enough water volume to raise global sea level by over 7 meters. It is a relic of past glacial climates that could be strongly affected by a warming world. Several studies have been performed to investigate the sensitivity of the ice sheet to changes in climate,...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Universität Potsdam
2011
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| Online Access: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-50430 http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5043/ |