The importance of insolation changes for paleo ice sheet modeling Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The growth and retreat of continental ice sheets in the past has largely been a response to changing climatic forcing. Thus, the calculation of surface melt is an important aspect of paleo ice sheet modeling. Changes in insolation are often not accounted for in calculations of surface melt, under the assumption that the near-surface temperature transmits the majority of the climatic forcing to the ice sheet. To assess how this could affect paleo ...