Firn on ice sheets

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Most of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are covered with firn—the transitional
material between snow and glacial ice. Firn is vital for understanding ice-sheet mass …

Mass balances of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets monitored from space

IN Otosaka, M Horwath, R Mottram, S Nowicki - Surveys in Geophysics, 2023 - Springer
Satellite data have revealed that the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are changing
rapidly due to warming air and ocean temperatures. Crucially, Earth Observations can now …

Estimation of soil moisture content under high maize canopy coverage from UAV multimodal data and machine learning

M Cheng, X Jiao, Y Liu, M Shao, X Yu, Y Bai… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
An accurate in-field estimate of soil moisture content (SMC) is critical for precision irrigation
management. Current ground methods to measure SMC were limited by the disadvantages …

Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet runoff from satellite observations

T Slater, A Shepherd, M McMillan, A Leeson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased over recent decades affecting
global sea level, regional ocean circulation, and coastal marine ecosystems, and it now …

Using multimodal remote sensing data to estimate regional-scale soil moisture content: A case study of Bei**g, China

M Cheng, B Li, X Jiao, X Huang, H Fan, R Lin… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
An accurate regional estimate of soil moisture content (SMC) is important for water
management and drought monitoring. Traditional ground measurement methods of SMC are …

[HTML][HTML] PRODEM: an annual series of summer DEMs (2019 through 2022) of the marginal areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet

M Winstrup, H Ranndal… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Surface topography across the marginal zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet is constantly
evolving in response to changing weather, season, climate, and ice dynamics. However …

SE‐Dome II Ice Core Dating With Half‐Year Precision: Increasing Melting Events From 1799 to 2020 in Southeastern Greenland

K Kawakami, Y Iizuka, M Sasage… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic warming has accelerated surface melting even in the highland areas of the Greenland
ice sheet (GrIS). Understanding the relationship between climate and surface melting is …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking changes in the area, thickness, and volume of the Thwaites tabular iceberg “B30” using satellite altimetry and imagery

A Braakmann-Folgmann, A Shepherd, A Ridout - The Cryosphere, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Icebergs account for half of all ice loss from Antarctica and, once released, present a hazard
to maritime operations. Their melting leads to a redistribution of cold fresh water around the …

Greenland Ice Sheet elevation change from CryoSat‐2 and ICESat‐2

N Ravinder, A Shepherd, I Otosaka… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although fluctuations in ice sheet surface mass balance lead to seasonal and interannual
elevation changes, it is unclear if they are resolved differently by radar and laser satellite …

PRODEM: Annual summer DEMs (2019–present) of the marginal areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet

M Winstrup, H Ranndal, SH Larsen… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Surface topography across the marginal zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet is constantly
evolving in response to changes in weather, season, climate and ice dynamics. Yet current …