Current state and future perspectives on coupled ice-sheet – sea-level modelling

de Boer, B.; Stocchi, P.; Whitehouse, P.L.; Van de Wal, R.S.W.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.013

Current state and future perspectives on coupled ice-sheet – sea-level modelling

de Boer, B.; Stocchi, P.; Whitehouse, P.L.; Van de Wal, R.S.W.

Authors

B. de Boer

P. Stocchi

Professor Pippa Whitehouse pippa.whitehouse@durham.ac.uk
Professor

R.S.W. Van de Wal

Abstract

The interaction between ice-sheet growth and retreat and sea-level change has been an established field of research for many years. However, recent advances in numerical modelling have shed new light on the precise interaction of marine ice sheets with the change in near-field sea level, and the related stability of the grounding line position. Studies using fully coupled ice-sheet – sea-level models have shown that accounting for gravitationally self-consistent sea-level change will act to slow down the retreat and advance of marine ice-sheet grounding lines. Moreover, by simultaneously solving the ’sea-level equation’ and modelling ice-sheet flow, coupled models provide a global field of relative sea-level change that is consistent with dynamic changes in ice-sheet extent. In this paper we present an overview of recent advances, possible caveats, methodologies and challenges involved in coupled ice-sheet – sea-level modelling. We conclude by presenting a first-order comparison between a suite of relative sea-level data and output from a coupled ice-sheet – sea-level model.

Citation

de Boer, B., Stocchi, P., Whitehouse, P., & Van de Wal, R. (2017). Current state and future perspectives on coupled ice-sheet – sea-level modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 169, 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.013

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 12, 2017
Online Publication Date	May 29, 2017
Publication Date	Aug 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Jul 5, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jul 5, 2017
Journal	Quaternary Science Reviews
Print ISSN	0277-3791
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	169
Pages	13-28
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.013

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