Description: The project encompasses: A) the expansion of the fracture density approach to account for the depth and orientation of fractures on their way down the flow towards the calving front; B) an extended calving law based on rift formation, validated against observational data and tested in regional simulations. Providing a probability density function for calving based on statistics; C) a paleoclimatic simulation of the Antarctic ice sheet (about 20.000 years) with fracture-related model improvements. Coupling to an ocean model for the transport of released icebergs, validation against sediment records. -- This research is relevant for society, because it improves the understanding of rapid sea-level changes in the past and provides therewith the necessary knowledge for the risk assessment of such events in an increasingly warming future climate.
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Tags: Meereserwärmung ? Antarktischer Eisschild ? Eisberg ? Eisschild ? Arktisches Meereis ? Meereskunde ? Globale Erwärmung ? Antarktis ? Arktis ? Klimarisikoanalyse ? Zukunftsforschung ? Klimatologie ? Meeresspiegel ? Simulation ? Sediment ? Meeresgewässer ? Modellierung ? Sedimentdynamik ? Klimaforschung ? Antarktisforschung ? Daten ? Sedimenttransport ? Infrastruktur ? Klimawandel ? Statistik ? Dichteströmung ?
Region: Brandenburg Brandenburg
Bounding boxes: 11.268166449172636° .. 14.764570248399338° x 51.36066270725779° .. 53.558763386621344°
License: Creative Commons Namensnennung-keine Bearbeitung-Nichtkommerziell 4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Last harvest: 27.10.2026 03:33
Time ranges: 2014-09-01 - 2016-08-31
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