Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change

BD Tapley, MM Watkins, F Flechtner, C Reigber… - Nature climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Time-resolved satellite gravimetry has revolutionized understanding of mass transport in the
Earth system. Since 2002, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has …

Freshwater and its role in the Arctic Marine System: Sources, disposition, storage, export, and physical and biogeochemical consequences in the Arctic and global …

EC Carmack, M Yamamoto‐Kawai… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is a fundamental node in the global hydrological cycle and the
ocean's thermohaline circulation. We here assess the system's key functions and …

Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes

B Smith, HA Fricker, AS Gardner, B Medley, J Nilsson… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Quantifying changes in Earth's ice sheets and identifying the climate drivers are central to
improving sea level projections. We provide unified estimates of grounded and floating ice …

Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018

Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet has been a major contributor to global sea-level rise in
recent decades,, and it is expected to continue to be so. Although increases in glacier flow …

[HTML][HTML] Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites

I Sasgen, B Wouters, AS Gardner, MD King… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Between 2003-2016, the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) was one of the largest
contributors to sea level rise, as it lost about 255 Gt of ice per year. This mass loss slowed in …

On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change

MR Van den Broeke, EM Enderlin, IM Howat… - The …, 2016 - tc.copernicus.org
We assess the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) to sea level change. We
use the mass budget method, which quantifies ice sheet mass balance (MB) as the …

The land ice contribution to sea level during the satellite era

JL Bamber, RM Westaway, B Marzeion… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Since 1992, there has been a revolution in our ability to quantify the land ice contribution to
sea level rise using a variety of satellite missions and technologies. Each mission has …

A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

A Shepherd, ER Ivins, VR Barletta, MJ Bentley… - Science, 2012 - science.org
We combined an ensemble of satellite altimetry, interferometry, and gravimetry data sets
using common geographical regions, time intervals, and models of surface mass balance …

An improved mass budget for the Greenland ice sheet

EM Enderlin, IM Howat, S Jeong… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive ice thickness surveys by NASA's Operation IceBridge enable over a decade of ice
discharge measurements at high precision for the majority of Greenland's marine …

Sea-level rise and its impact on coastal zones

RJ Nicholls, A Cazenave - science, 2010 - science.org
Global sea levels have risen through the 20th century. These rises will almost certainly
accelerate through the 21st century and beyond because of global warming, but their …