Sea Level Response to Ice Sheet Variations
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 257
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Whether from record-high temperatures triggering the flow of meltwater from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet into the ocean, or from warming ocean currents eroding the floating margins of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, the effects of climate change on land ice present a serious risk of significant sea-level rise in the coming decades and centuries. This in turn presents social, economic, and ecological challenges, making reliable projections of the rate and eventual magnitude of sea-level rise a critical research problem.
Considering this problem from a broad scope, research on the following topics may be relevant:
- Dynamics of ice sheets, ice streams, and ice shelves relating to enhanced transport of land ice into the ocean;
- Observations and/or projections of high-latitude atmospheric conditions and their impact on ice-sheet surface thermodynamics;
- Observations and/or projections of high-latitude oceanic conditions and their impact on ice-shelf dynamics;
- Hydrology related to the flow of liquid water at the surface and/or bed of ice sheets, ice streams, and glaciers.
Any of these topics can be considered from observational and/or theoretical (e.g., numerical simulation) perspectives.
Dr. Ryan T. Walker
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- sea level
- ice sheets
- ice shelves
- ice streams
- polar meteorology and climate
- polar oceanography
- ice-sheet hydrology
