Melting of floating ice and sea level rise
Melting of floating ice and sea level rise
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浮冰融化和海平面上升
DOI：
10.1029/2007gl030784
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
D. Holland
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作者：
A. Jenkins;D. Holland
与普遍看法相反，浮冰（以冰架、冰山和海冰的形式）融化可能对海平面产生非零影响。这是因为融化过程平均会冷却并稀释海洋，除非这些相反的效应完全相互平衡，否则海洋密度将会发生净变化。我们讨论如何量化这些微妙的影响，并限制与目前漂浮在世界海洋中的冰块融化相关的潜在海平面上升。
Contrary to popular belief, the melting of floating ice (in the form of ice shelves, icebergs and sea ice) may have a non‐zero impact on sea level. This is because the melting process cools and dilutes the oceans on average, and unless these opposing effects exactly balance each other there will be a net change in the ocean density. We discuss how these subtle effects can be quantified and put bounds on the potential sea level rise associated with melting of the ice masses that are currently afloat in the world's oceans.