Heat stored in the earth system: Where does the energy go? The GCOS earth heat inventory team

K Von Schuckmann, L Cheng… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Human-induced atmospheric composition changes cause a radiative imbalance at the top of
the atmosphere which is driving global warming. This Earth energy imbalance (EEI) is the …

Earth's ice imbalance

T Slater, IR Lawrence, IN Otosaka… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
We combine satellite observations and numerical models to show that Earth lost 28 trillion
tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017. Arctic sea ice (7.6 trillion tonnes), Antarctic ice …

The community earth system model version 2 (CESM2)

G Danabasoglu, JF Lamarque… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An overview of the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) is provided,
including a discussion of the challenges encountered during its development and how they …

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 …

Forty-six years of Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance from 1972 to 2018

J Mouginot, E Rignot, AA Bjørk… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We reconstruct the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet using a comprehensive survey
of thickness, surface elevation, velocity, and surface mass balance (SMB) of 260 glaciers …

Continuity of ice sheet mass loss in Greenland and Antarctica from the GRACE and GRACE Follow‐On missions

I Velicogna, Y Mohajerani, F Landerer… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We examine data continuity between the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
(GRACE) and GRACE Follow‐On (FO) missions over Greenland and Antarctica using …

Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2–Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

JM Van Wessem, WJ Van De Berg, BPY Noël… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
We evaluate modelled Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) near-surface climate, surface mass balance
(SMB) and surface energy balance (SEB) from the updated polar version of the regional …

[HTML][HTML] The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

H Goelzer, S Nowicki, A Payne, E Larour… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
The Greenland ice sheet is one of the largest contributors to global mean sea-level rise
today and is expected to continue to lose mass as the Arctic continues to warm. The two …

[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 …