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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Andrew Shepherd School of Geosciences, Edinburgh
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Climate change Satellite observations Ice Sheets and Sea level
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Climate change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Slow climate change Climate Change Mt Kilimanjaro, 1993
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Slow climate change Climate Change Mt Kilimanjaro, 2000
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Abrupt climate change Sea level contribution of Antarctica & GreenlandClimate Change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceClimate Change Abrupt climate change Larsen Ice Shelf, 2002
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Abrupt climate change Larsen embayment, 2005 Climate Change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Domack et al., 2005 Climate Change Abrupt climate change Larsen sea bed, 2005
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space IPCC, 2001 IPCC Assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001) Global warming 0.6 C rise since 1900 Climate Change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space IPCC, 2001 Global sea level rise IPCC Assessment reports (1990, 1995, 2001) 15 cm rise since 1900 Climate Change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Thermal expansion Glaciers & ice caps Greenland Antarctica Measured sea level 1961-2003 Climate Change 1993-2003
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceClimate Change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceClimate Change
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Satellite observations
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space AltimetryInterferometryGravimetry Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space
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Satellite observations Altimetry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Mass change from volume change Satellite observations Altimetry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceSatellite observations Interferometry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceSatellite observations Interferometry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Mass change from glacier flow Satellite observations Interferometry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceSatellite observations Gravimetry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Mass change from orbit change Satellite observations Gravimetry
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Sea level contribution
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space 343 km 3 ~ 1mm global sea level = 1 km Sea level 1 km 3 = 270 pints per person =
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Greenland
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceGreenland 0.0 to 0.6 mm per year
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceGreenland
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Antarctica
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceAntarctica -0.1 to +0.4 mm per year
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from spaceAntarctica
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space Satellite observations reveal sudden and recent changes in ice sheet flow Climate models do not include these processes Sea level projections are therefore of limited value Summary
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space UK today Summary
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Monitoring Earths ice sheets from space UK today No Polar Ice Sheets Summary
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