St. Phatty
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275 cubic kilometers a year average.
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area of sphere etc.
1.33 x 3.14 x R * R
4.1888 * 70% * RR
2.932 * 4000 * 4000
46.9 Million square miles
0.621371 - kilometer-mile conversion
==> .2399
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275 km cubic = 65.976 cubic miles
so, 66 cubic miles of water, spread over 46.9 call it 47 million square miles.
= 1.404 x 10-6 miles (sea level rise)
63360 inches per mile
88957.44 x 10-6 inches sea level rise,
.089 inches.
Basically 3/32 of an inch.
That's the average annual sea level rise from melting 275 km cubic of glacier water.
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area of sphere etc.
1.33 x 3.14 x R * R
4.1888 * 70% * RR
2.932 * 4000 * 4000
46.9 Million square miles
0.621371 - kilometer-mile conversion
==> .2399
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275 km cubic = 65.976 cubic miles
so, 66 cubic miles of water, spread over 46.9 call it 47 million square miles.
= 1.404 x 10-6 miles (sea level rise)
63360 inches per mile
88957.44 x 10-6 inches sea level rise,
.089 inches.
Basically 3/32 of an inch.
That's the average annual sea level rise from melting 275 km cubic of glacier water.