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Author : Boon, S.; Burgess, D.; Copland, L.; Flowers, G.; Kavanaugh, J.; Marshall, S.; Sharp, M.; and Tarasov, L.
Date : 2006.
Title : The dynamic response of Arctic glaciers to global warming: a Canadian contribution to International Polar Year Project Glaciodyn (IPY 30).
Publication : Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Meeting, May 14-17, 2006. Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta. Abstracts Volume.
Issue :
Page(s) : 18.
Abstract
IPY 30 (Glaciodyn) is led by Professors J. Oerlemans (Utrecht) and J-O Hagen (Oslo), and promoted by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Working Group on Arctic Glaciology. It's goal is to investigate the role of ice dynamics in the response of Arctic glaciers and ice caps to global warming, with a view to improving our ability to predict future changes and their impact on global sea level and fluxes of fresh water to the ocean. To arrive at more accurate predictions, IPY Glaciodyn proposes to study the dynamics of Arctic glaciers and develop new tools to deal with this dynamic response. The Canadian contribution to Glaciodyn will focus on the Belcher Glacier drainage basin in the northeast sector of the Devon Island ice cap, Nunavut. This is the fastest flowing outlet from the ice cap and a major iceberg calving source. The project will involve an intensive field and remote sensing study of the hydrology and dynamics of the glacier, linked to the development and validation of a state-of-the-art high order coupled model of ice flow dynamics and glacier hydrology. This model will be used to test hypotheses about the effects of climate warming on meltwater inputs to Arctic outlet glaciers and their impact on ice flow, and to perform simulations of the response of the Belcher Glacier system to recent and projected future changes.
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