Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance

JTM Lenaerts, B Medley… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

[HTML][HTML] A review of Antarctic surface snow isotopic composition: Observations, atmospheric circulation, and isotopic modeling

V Masson-Delmotte, S Hou, A Ekaykin… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
A Review of Antarctic Surface Snow Isotopic Composition: Observations, Atmospheric
Circulation, and Isotopic Modeling in: Journal of Climate Volume 21 Issue 13 (2008) Jump …

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 …

Increased snowfall over the Antarctic Ice Sheet mitigated twentieth-century sea-level rise

B Medley, ER Thomas - Nature Climate Change, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in accumulated snowfall over the Antarctic Ice Sheet have an immediate
and time-delayed impact on global mean sea level. The immediate impact is due to the …

Acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise

E Rignot, I Velicogna… - Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ice sheet mass balance estimates have improved substantially in recent years using a
variety of techniques, over different time periods, and at various levels of spatial detail …

Sea level change

JA Church, PU Clark, A Cazenave, JM Gregory… - 2013 - drs.nio.res.in
This chapter considers changes in global mean sea level, regional sea level, sea level
extremes, and waves. Confidence in projections of global mean sea level rise has increased …

Important role for ocean warming and increased ice-shelf melt in Antarctic sea-ice expansion

R Bintanja, GJ van Oldenborgh, SS Drijfhout… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in sea ice significantly modulate climate change because of its high
reflective and strong insulating nature. In contrast to Arctic sea ice, sea ice surrounding …

Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

J Turner, NE Barrand, TJ Bracegirdle, P Convey… - Polar record, 2014 - cambridge.org
We present an update of the 'key points' from the Antarctic Climate Change and the
Environment (ACCE) report that was published by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic …

An assessment of ERA5 reanalysis for Antarctic near-surface air temperature

J Zhu, A **e, X Qin, Y Wang, B Xu, Y Wang - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) released its latest
reanalysis dataset named ERA5 in 2017. To assess the performance of ERA5 in Antarctica …

Future sea level rise constrained by observations and long-term commitment

M Mengel, A Levermann, K Frieler… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Sea level has been steadily rising over the past century, predominantly due to
anthropogenic climate change. The rate of sea level rise will keep increasing with continued …