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Appendix C
Analysis of Sea-Level Fingerprint Effects
T
he effect of the Alaska, Greenland, and mate, also given in the right column of Table C.2, and
Antarctic sea-level fingerprints on relative sea
the low- and high-range estimates are plus and minus
level off the coasts of California, Oregon, and the uncertainties.
Washington can be calculated by scaling the rate of
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176 APPENDIX C
TABLE C.1 Ice Mass Loss Rates, in Terms of Sea-Level Equivalent, Measured or Inferred for Alaska, Greenland, and
Antarctica
Source Period Ice Loss Rates (mm yr-1 SLE)
Alaska
Berthier et al. (2010) 19622006 -0.12 ± 0.02
Cogley (2012) 19902005 -0.09 ± 0.00
19952005 -0.08 ± 0.00
20002005 -0.15 ± 0.02
Dyurgerov (2010) 19922006 -0.20 ± 0.02
Arendt et al. (2002) 19922002 -0.27 ± 0.10
Tamisiea et al. (2005) 20022003 -0.31 ± 0.09
Luthcke et al. (2008) 20032007 -0.23 ± 0.01
Pritchard et al. (2010) 20032008 -0.18 ± 0.14
Greenland Ice Sheet
Wu et al. (2010) 20022009 -0.29 ± 0.06
Sørensen et al. (2011) 20042008 -0.58 ± 0.06
Schrama and Wouters (2011) 20032010 -0.56 ± 0.05
Cazenave et al. (2009) 20032008 -0.38 ± 0.05
Zwally et al. (2011) 19922002 -0.02 ± 0.01
20032007 -0.47 ± 0.01
Velicogna (2009) 20022009 -0.62 ± 0.09
Pritchard et al. (2010) 20042010 -0.54 ± 0.06
Baur et al. (2009) 20032009 -0.49 ± 0.03
Slobbe et al. (2009) 20032008 -0.59 ± 0.22
20032007 -0.38 ± 0.19
Rignot et al. (2011) 19922010 -0.43 ± 0.14
Chen et al. (2011) 20022005 -0.43 ± 0.10
20052010 -0.68 ± 0.10
Antarctic Ice Sheet
Wu et al. (2010) 20022009 -0.24 ± 0.12
Wingham et al. (2006) 19932003 0.07 ± 0.19
Velicogna (2009) 20022009 -0.40 ± 0.20
Chen et al. (2009) 20022006 -0.40 ± 0.16
20062009 -0.61 ± 0.25
Rignot et al. (2011) 19922010 -0.23 ± 0.25
Horwath and Dietrich (2009) 20022008 -0.30 ± 0.13
Moore and King (2008) 20022006 -0.45 ± 0.22
Cazenave et al. (2009) 20032008 -0.55 ± 0.06
Dong-Chen et al. (2009) 20032008 -0.22 ± 0.10
Shi et al. (2011) 20032008 -0.21 ± 0.01
Zwally et al. (2005) 19922001 -0.08 ± 0.14
Ivins et al. (2011) 20032009 -0.11 ± 0.02
TABLE C.2 Ice Loss Rates, Sea-Level Fingerprint Scale Factors, and Adjusted Rates of Sea-Level Rise for three U.S.
West Coast Locations
Alaska Greenland Antarctica Sum of Sources
Ice Loss Rate 0.16 mm yr-1 SLE 0.35 mm yr-1 SLE 0.28 mm yr-1 SLE 0.79 mm yr-1 SLE
Adjusted Adjusted Adjusted Total Adjusted
Scale Sea-Level Rise Scale Sea-Level Rise Scale Sea-Level Rise Sea-Level Rise
Area Factor (mm yr-1) Factor (mm yr-1) Factor (mm yr-1) (mm yr-1)
North coast -0.80 -0.13 0.75 0.26 1.17 0.33 0.46
Central coast -0.20 -0.03 0.87 0.30 1.17 0.33 0.60
South coast 0.20 0.03 0.92 0.32 1.17 0.33 0.68
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TABLE C.3 Adjusted Rates of Relative Sea-Level Rise for High, Medium, and Low Ice Loss Rates
Low-Range Estimate Mid-Range Estimate High-Range Estimate
Region (mm yr-1) (mm yr-1) (mm yr-1)
North coast 0.07 0.46 0.86
Central coast 0.07 0.60 1.14
South coast 0.06 0.68 1.30
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