Modelling ice dynamic contributions to sea level rise from the Antarctic Peninsula

Schannwell, C.; Barrand, N. E.; Radić, V.. 2015 Modelling ice dynamic contributions to sea level rise from the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120 (11). 2374-2392. 10.1002/2015JF003667

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Abstract/Summary

The future ice dynamical contribution to sea-level rise (SLR) from 210 ice shelf nourishing drainage basins of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS) is simulated, using the British Antarctic Survey Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Model. Simulations of the grounded ice sheet include response to ice-shelf collapse, estimated by tracking thermal ice shelf viability limits in 14 IPCC Global Climate Model ensemble temperature projections. Grounding line retreat in response to ice shelf collapse is parameterized with a new multivariate linear regression model utilizing a range of glaciological and geometric predictor variables. Multi-model means project SLR up to 9.4 mm sea-level equivalent (SLE) by 2200, and up to 19 mm SLE by 2300. Rates of SLR from individual drainage basins throughout the peninsula are similar to 2100, yet diverge between 2100 and 2300 due to individual basin characteristics. Major contributors to SLR are the outlet glaciers feeding southern George VI Ice Shelf, accounting for >75% of total SLR in some model runs. Ice sheet thinning induced by ice-shelf removal is large (up to ∼500 m), especially in Palmer Land in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula, and may propagate as far as 135 km inland. These results emphasize the importance of the ice dynamical contribution to future sea level of the APIS on decadal to centennial timescales.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1002/2015JF003667
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate
ISSN:	21699003
Additional Keywords:	ice dynamics, sea-level rise, Antarctic Peninsula, ice shelves
Date made live:	17 Nov 2015 09:46 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/512254

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1002/2015JF003667

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > BAS Programmes 2015 > Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate

ISSN:

21699003

Additional Keywords:

ice dynamics, sea-level rise, Antarctic Peninsula, ice shelves

Date made live:

17 Nov 2015 09:46 +0 (UTC)