Ice cap study promises new prospects for accurate local climate projections

(University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science) New, detailed study of the Renland Ice Cap offers the possibility of modelling other smaller ice caps and glaciers with much greater accuracy than hitherto. The study combined airborne radar data to determine the thickness of the ice cap with on-site measurements of the thickness of the ice cap and satellite data. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute - University of Copenhagen gathered data from the ice cap in 2015, and this work has now come to fruition: More exact predictions of local climate conditions.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 19, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news