The evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 200 ky is simulated with a finite difference thermomechanical model based on the shallow ice approximation. The model depends on the surface temperature, the ice accumulation rate, the geothermal heat flux and the basal sliding coefficient, which are estimated with large uncertainty. Therefore a sensitivity analysis is applied to assess the most critical parameters.

Modeling the Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the 200 ky / C. Balconi, F. Baratelli, M. Giudici, C. Vassena. - In: PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1877-0428. - 2:6(2010), pp. 7603-7604. ((Intervento presentato al 6. convegno Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output tenutosi a Milano nel 2010 [10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.05.138].

Modeling the Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the 200 ky

F. Baratelli
Secondo
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M. Giudici
Penultimo
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C. Vassena
Ultimo
2010

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The evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 200 ky is simulated with a finite difference thermomechanical model based on the shallow ice approximation. The model depends on the surface temperature, the ice accumulation rate, the geothermal heat flux and the basal sliding coefficient, which are estimated with large uncertainty. Therefore a sensitivity analysis is applied to assess the most critical parameters.
Antarctic ice sheet; Glaciology; Hurst exponent; shallow ice approximation; thermomechanical modelling
Settore GEO/12 - Oceanografia e Fisica dell'Atmosfera
2010
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