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Appendix C: Analysis of Sea-Level Fingerprint Effects
Pages 175-178

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... Yang, and D.-B. Chao, 2009, The sea level by multiplying the ice loss rate R for each of the three change from the Antarctic Ice Sheet based on GRACE, Chinese sources by the fingerprint scale factor s for each of the Journal of Geophysics, 52, 936-942.
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... 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)
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From page 177...
... Wang, 2011, Greenland Ice Sheet change in Greenland from ICESat and GRACE data, Geophysi- mass balance: Distribution of increased mass loss with climate cal Journal International, 176, 95-106. warming; 2003-07 versus 1992-2002, Journal of Glaciology, 57, 88-102.
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