Interesting paper on sea level rise

Source: http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/3761/2016/acp-16-3761-2016.pdf

Our assumption was that extraction of significant information on these processes would require use of and analysis of (1) climate modeling, (2) paleoclimate data, and (3) modern observations. It is the combination of all of these that helps us interpret the intricate paleoclimate data and extract implications about future sea level and storms. ​

This is the type of balanced analysis whose absence has poisoned so many earlier reports. Still reading the open report.

Bob Wilson

 

Well that is curious. I thought I'd posted something along the lines of:
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/3761/2016/acp-16-3761-2016.pdf



The freshwater outflow leads to Antarctica freezing a ring of sea ice that in turn captures a lot of precipitation. Then the summer melt returns to dump both into the ocean. It is the warm ocean melting the base of the sea facing glaciers blocked by the retrograde structure I was not aware of. Like most things in Antarctica, difficult to observe.

The paper also discusses injecting different sea level rises into climate models to look at temperature and future rates of sea level rise. It is an interesting technique, not uncommon is solving some math problems, but could easily confuse those not familiar with the technique. The reason I mention this is a casual comment on "Real Time" suggested something not directly evident in the paper.

Bob Wilson

ps. Source: doi:10.5194/acp-16-3761-2016

From: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 C global warming could be dangerous

James Hansen1 , Makiko Sato1 , Paul Hearty2 , Reto Ruedy3,4 , Maxwell Kelley3,4 , Valerie Masson-Delmotte5 , Gary Russell4 , George Tselioudis4 , Junji Cao6 , Eric Rignot7,8 , Isabella Velicogna7,8 , Blair Tormey9 , Bailey Donovan10 , Evgeniya Kandiano11 , Karina von Schuckmann12 , Pushker Kharecha1,4 , Allegra N. Legrande4 , Michael Bauer4,13 , and Kwok-Wai Lo​

 

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