A Marine Ice Sheet Model for Coupled Ice Sheet Climate      Studies
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Marine ice sheets are largely based below sea level and are                     therefore influenced directly not only by the atmosphere, but also              by sea level and ocean temperature, circulation and salinity.  The              West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is part of the south polar                      Antarctic Ice Sheet, is today's only truly marine ice sheet.                    Rising levels of trace gases in the atmosphere may cause a                      climatic warming which in turn may initiate a change in glacial                 ice volume and a rise in sea level.  The West Antarctic Ice Sheet               may be unstable to such a sea level rise.  Coupled ice sheet-                   climate modeling studies are needed to gain insight into the                    transient response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to rising trace gas               levels, and will help set guidelines for managing the large scale               consequences of a potential rise in sea level.                                                                                                                  The long term goal is to develop a three-dimensional Antarctic Ice              Sheet-climate model.  The first stage of this project consists of               a two-dimensional modeling study of marine ice sheet dynamics and               of a parallel study of ice sheet-atmosphere model coupling                      methods.  This investigation will develop a high resolution,                    thermomechanical, two-dimensional finite-element marine ice sheet-              ice shelf model to be used in a sensitivity study to a variety of               physical processes of potential importance in West Antarctic Ice                Sheet behavior.  These modeling studies will help set priorities                for the development of a three-dimensional Antarctic Ice Sheet                  model.
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