Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1621-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1621-2019
Research article
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13 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2019

Scaling of instability timescales of Antarctic outlet glaciers based on one-dimensional similitude analysis

Anders Levermann and Johannes Feldmann

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Short summary
Using scaling analysis we propose that the currently observed marine ice-sheet instability in the Amundsen Sea sector might be faster than all other potential instabilities in Antarctica.