Climate and mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
Event details
| Date | 04.07.2013 |
| Hour | 11:00 › 12:00 |
| Speaker |
Michiel van den Broeke, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht (NL) is professor of Polar Meteorology at Utrecht University. My main research interest at present is to understand the past, present and future climate and mass balance of the large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. I perform my research at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU) in the Ice and Climate research group. Our group combines experimental fieldwork (in situ meteorological experiments, automatic weather stations and surface mass balance observations) with regional climate models, the latter in close collaboration with the research department of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
For decades, the great ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, together containing sufficient water to raise global sea level by more than 60 m, were thought to react only slowly to changes in climate. But this view has changed dramatically. This talk gives an update on our knowledge of the mass balance of these two ice sheets, and what is expected for the near future. Special attention will be paid to observational and modelling techniques to pin down the climate and melt rate of the large ice sheets, using automatic weather stations, remote sensing techniques and regional climate models.
For decades, the great ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, together containing sufficient water to raise global sea level by more than 60 m, were thought to react only slowly to changes in climate. But this view has changed dramatically. This talk gives an update on our knowledge of the mass balance of these two ice sheets, and what is expected for the near future. Special attention will be paid to observational and modelling techniques to pin down the climate and melt rate of the large ice sheets, using automatic weather stations, remote sensing techniques and regional climate models.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- EESS-IIE
Contact
- Prof. Michael Lehning, CRYOS