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Searise: a multidisciplinary research initiative to predict rapid changes in global sea level caused by collapse of marine ice sheets
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Editor | Bindschadler, Robert A. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The results of a workshop held to discuss the role of the polar ice sheets in global climate change are reported. The participants agreed that the most important aspect of the ice sheets' involvement in climate change is the potential of marine ice sheets to cause a rapid change in global sea level. To address this concern, a research initiative is called for that considers the full complexity of the coupled atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere-lithosphere system. This initiative, called SeaRISE (Sea-level Response to Ice Sheet Evolution) has the goal of predicting the contribution of marine ice sheets to rapid changes in global sea level in the next decade to few centuries. To attain this goal, a coordinated program of multidisciplinary investigations must be launched with the linked objectives of understanding the current state, internal dynamics, interactions, and history of this environmental system. The key questions needed to satisfy these objectives are presented and discussed along with a plan of action to make the SeaRISE project a reality. |
| File Size | 2701977 |
| Page Count | 60 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900013508 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1qg3md1v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Climatology Conferences Antarctic Regions Sea Level Precipitation Meteorology Ice Environments Climate Change Atmospheric Temperature Evolution Project Planning Glaciers Multidisciplinary Research Polar Regions Sea Ice Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |