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MARC recordGlobal warming and Antarctica / J.C. King.
| Title: | Global warming and Antarctica / J.C. King. |
| Author(s): | King, J. C. |
| Date: | 1991. |
| In: | Weather. (1991.), Vol. 46(4) (1991) |
| Abstract: | Climate change could affect mass balance of polar ice sheets and resulting changes in sea level would have global implications. Mass balance would also be affected by changes in precipitation and evaporation: higher temperatures will tend to increase evaporation and melting of ice in low-altitude areas, but consequent increases in atmospheric moisture may enhance precipitation. Discusses importance of modelling these effects correctly. At present, examination of temperature and sea-ice records from Antarctica show no evidence for enhanced warming, but possibility still remains. |
| Notes: | Weather. Vol. 46(4) :115-120 (1991). |
| Keywords: | 551.588 -- Climate, effect of man and environment. 551.588.5 -- Climate, relationship with ice. 551.324.24 -- Ice sheets and caps. 551.32 -- Glaciology. 551.324 -- Land ice. 551.58 -- Climatology. 551.324.43 -- Land ice, regime and mass balance. E9 -- Glaciology: meteorology and climatology. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. |
| SPRI record no.: | 110152 |
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