Not exact matches
But the
ice core -
derived climate
records from the Andes are also impacted from the west — specifically by El Niño, a temporary change in climate, which is driven by
sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.
Complementary analyses of the surface mass balance of Greenland (Tedesco et al, 2011) also show that 2010 was a
record year for melt area extent... Extrapolating these melt rates forward to 2050, «the cumulative loss could raise
sea level by 15 cm by 2050 ″ for a total of 32 cm (adding in 8 cm from glacial
ice caps and 9 cm from thermal expansion)- a number very close to the best estimate of Vermeer & Rahmstorf (2009),
derived by linking the observed rate of
sea level rise to the observed warming.
Satellite -
derived estimates of
sea -
ice age and thickness are combined to produce a proxy
ice thickness
record for 1982 to the present.
Data is from the National Snow and
Ice Data Center, monthly sea ice concentration derived from the passive microwave record (NASA Team algorith
Ice Data Center, monthly
sea ice concentration derived from the passive microwave record (NASA Team algorith
ice concentration
derived from the passive microwave
record (NASA Team algorithm).