East Coast Of The US Particularly Vulnerable To Sea Level Rise

[WeatherRusty]

On several occasions I have mentioned how the Gravitational Attraction of Greenland's ice sheet creates a bubble of gravitationally attracted water surrounding the land mass. As the Greenland ice sheet melts it looses mass and this bubble of water subsides, lowering sea level near Greenland. However, the drop in water near Greenland must be compensated for elsewhere in the global ocean. This redistribution of the water is NOT uniform.

SEE HERE

Page 32 in particular.

[salbers]

Thanks for posting this. It seems though in figure 4a, that the isostatic crustal rebound might be the most significant factor, with the gravitational attraction of the ice sheet being secondary? At any rate, this figure isn't showing much sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast. However I have seen a map where this East Coast enhancement is shown. Is this articulated also in the reference you are posting?

[WeatherRusty]

Thanks for posting this. It seems though in figure 4a, that the isostatic crustal rebound might be the most significant factor, with the gravitational attraction of the ice sheet being secondary? At any rate, this figure isn't showing much sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast. However I have seen a map where this East Coast enhancement is shown. Is this articulated also in the reference you are posting?

It appears that I have the effect correct, but the source is the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet rather than Greenland. Also, the west coast of the US is particularly affected by this as can be seen in figure 4b.

The melting of Greenland has a greater effect from Florida and southward.