Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations

Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations

Understanding how global ice volume on the Earth has changed is of significant importance to improving our understanding of the climate system. Fortunately, the geographically unique perturbations in sea level that result from rapid changes in the mass of, otherwise difficult to measure, land-ice re...

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Main Author: Morrow, Eric
Other Authors: Mitrovica, Jerry X.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
Subjects:
Geophysics
Climate change
dynamic ellipticity
GRACE
gravity
sea level
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11385
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spelling ndltd-harvard.edu-oai-dash.harvard.edu-1-122742902015-08-14T15:43:13ZEstimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity ObservationsMorrow, EricGeophysicsClimate changedynamic ellipticityGRACEgravitysea levelUnderstanding how global ice volume on the Earth has changed is of significant importance to improving our understanding of the climate system. Fortunately, the geographically unique perturbations in sea level that result from rapid changes in the mass of, otherwise difficult to measure, land-ice reservoirs can be used to infer the sources and magnitude of melt water. We explore the history of land-ice mass changes through the effect that these mass fluxes have had on both global and regional gravity and sea-level fields.Earth and Planetary SciencesMitrovica, Jerry X.2014-06-06T18:39:43Z2014-06-0620142015-06-04T07:30:50ZThesis or DissertationMorrow, Eric. 2014. Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11385http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274290en_USopenhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#LAAHarvard University
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topic Geophysics
Climate change
dynamic ellipticity
GRACE
gravity
sea level
spellingShingle Geophysics
Climate change
dynamic ellipticity
GRACE
gravity
sea level
Morrow, Eric
Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations
description Understanding how global ice volume on the Earth has changed is of significant importance to improving our understanding of the climate system. Fortunately, the geographically unique perturbations in sea level that result from rapid changes in the mass of, otherwise difficult to measure, land-ice reservoirs can be used to infer the sources and magnitude of melt water. We explore the history of land-ice mass changes through the effect that these mass fluxes have had on both global and regional gravity and sea-level fields. === Earth and Planetary Sciences
author2 Mitrovica, Jerry X.
author_facet Mitrovica, Jerry X.
Morrow, Eric
author Morrow, Eric
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title Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations
title_short Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations
title_full Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations
title_fullStr Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations
title_full_unstemmed Estimates of Land Ice Changes from Sea Level and Gravity Observations
title_sort estimates of land ice changes from sea level and gravity observations
publisher Harvard University
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