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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1579-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1579-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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18 Aug 2015
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Century-scale simulations of the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to a warming climate
S. L. Cornford
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
D. F. Martin
Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
A. J. Payne
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
E. G. Ng
Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
A. M. Le Brocq
Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
R. M. Gladstone
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
T. L. Edwards
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
S. R. Shannon
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
C. Agosta
Département de Géographie, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) UMR5183, 38041 Grenoble, France
M. R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
H. H. Hellmer
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung, Bussestrasse 24, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Krinner
UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) UMR5183, 38041 Grenoble, France
S. R. M. Ligtenberg
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
R. Timmermann
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung, Bussestrasse 24, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
D. G. Vaughan
British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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Short summary
We used a high-resolution ice sheet model capable of resolving grounding line dynamics (BISICLES) to compute responses of the major West Antarctic ice streams to projections of ocean and atmospheric warming. This is computationally demanding, and although other groups have considered parts of West Antarctica, we think this is the first calculation for the whole region at the sub-kilometer resolution that we show is required.
We used a high-resolution ice sheet model capable of resolving grounding line dynamics...
