A data-constrained large ensemble analysis of Antarctic evolution since the Eemian

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-115

  Briggs, Robert D ^a,c   Pollard, David ^b   Tarasov, Lev ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c C CORE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Deglaciation; Ice sheet model; Model evaluation; Observational data

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; DEGLACIATIONS; ICE SHEET MODELS; MODEL EVALUATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA;

ICE;

BEDROCK; CLIMATE FORCING; DEGLACIATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; EEMIAN; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GROUNDING LINE; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLUME CHANGE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; FILCHNER-RONNE ICE SHELF; ROSS SEA; SIPLE COAST; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84909627957     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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