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The Contribution of Alaska's GlaciersThe Contribution of Alaska's Glaciers to Global Sea Level Rise to Global Sea Level Rise
Keith Echelmeyer, William Harrison, Keith Echelmeyer, William Harrison, Craig Lingle, Martin Truffer, Anthony Craig Lingle, Martin Truffer, Anthony
Arendt, Virginia Valentine, Sandy Arendt, Virginia Valentine, Sandy ZirnheldZirnheld
University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
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Outline
• IntroductionIntroduction• Measuring volume changesMeasuring volume changes• Alaskan glacier changesAlaskan glacier changes• Future changesFuture changes• Effects of glacier changesEffects of glacier changes
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Glaciers in the Arctic
Total volume corresponds to ~8 m of sea level
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Mike Fleming, USGS
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Measuring changes: The traditional method
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Laser altimetry system
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Calculating volume changes
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about 100 glacier measured(out of several thousand)
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Regional volume change
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Total volume change
• 3300 km3300 km33 since 1950s since 1950s• enough to cover state of Alaska in 7 enough to cover state of Alaska in 7 ft of waterft of water(or Texas in 15 ft)(or Texas in 15 ft)
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Contribution to Rising Sea Level
Time Period
Volume Change
(km3 WE/yr)
(mm/yr Sea Level
EQ)
Early: 1950s to 1990s -46 7
0.13 0.02
Recent: 1990s to 2001 -88 28
0.24 0.08
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Assessing future changes
• Use models to relate climate to current and Use models to relate climate to current and past mass balancepast mass balance• Derive sensitivity factors for glaciers in Derive sensitivity factors for glaciers in different climate regimes (see Arendt et al different climate regimes (see Arendt et al poster)poster)• These models only apply to current glacier These models only apply to current glacier geometrygeometry• Long term predictions need to take glacier Long term predictions need to take glacier dynamics into accountdynamics into account
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Complications
• Glaciers with flow instabilities can show a Glaciers with flow instabilities can show a variety of complex behavior:variety of complex behavior:• Surging glaciersSurging glaciers• Tidewater glaciersTidewater glaciers
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Austin Post, USGS
1964 1965
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Surging glaciers
Surge:Surge:• no appreciable change in total massno appreciable change in total mass• complete reversal of geometrycomplete reversal of geometry• quasi periodic phenomenonquasi periodic phenomenon• not (or weakly) related to climatenot (or weakly) related to climate
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Tidewater glacier cycle: Glacier Bay
120 km
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Tidewater glaciers
Tidewater glacier cycle:Tidewater glacier cycle:
• very rapid retreat (decades)very rapid retreat (decades)
• slow advance (centuries or more)slow advance (centuries or more)
• not directly related to climatenot directly related to climate
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Effects of volume change
• Sealevel rise: currently ~0.24 mm/a
• Coastal currents
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Alaska Coastal Current
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Effects of volume change
• Sealevel rise: currently ~0.24 mm/a
• Coastal currents
• Isostatic uplift
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Larsen et al, 2003
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Conclusions
• Alaska provides the biggest current glacial contribution to sea level rise• Assessing the reactions to future climate change requires regional mass balance models• Glacier dynamics can pose significant challenges for such an assessment
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Thank you
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Glacier changes
Glacier-wide Average Annual Thickness Change (m/yr)-3
-2
-1
0
1
1950s to early 1990searly 1990s to 2001
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
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(source: IPCC 2001)
Variations of the Earth’s surface temperature: past 1000 years.
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Fiord
Nunatak Fiord
Dennis Trabant, USGS
Russell
Hubbard
Glacier
Russell
Fiord
Yakutat Bay
Yakutat Airport
Nunatak Fiord
~1130
1790
~18601895
5 milesSituk River
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Grand Pacific Glacier
Glacier trim line (~1000 m asl)
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Example of modern tidewater glacier retreat:
Columbia Glacier
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