ESS101C
Prof.
Jin-Yi Yu
Full Cycle of Ice Growth and Decay
qA full cycle of ice sheet growth
and decay
incorporates both the delayed response of the ice sheets to summer insolation forcing as well as
the delayed
response of bedrock to the ice sheet load.
qAs a results of the delays, the maximum size of ice sheets does
not happen at
the time of the lowest summer insolation.
(from Earth’s Climate: Past and Future)