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 …

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 …

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 …

Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2–Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

B Noël, WJ van De Berg, JM Van Wessem… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
We evaluate modelled Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) near-surface climate, surface energy
balance (SEB) and surface mass balance (SMB) from the updated regional climate model …

[HTML][HTML] GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980–2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet

X Fettweis, S Hofer, U Krebs-Kanzow, C Amory… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Observations and models agree that the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance
(SMB) has decreased since the end of the 1990s due to an increase in meltwater runoff and …

Sea level rise from West Antarctic mass loss significantly modified by large snowfall anomalies

BJ Davison, AE Hogg, R Rigby, S Veldhuijsen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mass loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is dominated by glaciers draining into the
Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE), yet the impact of anomalous precipitation on the mass …

Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to sea level over the next millennium

A Aschwanden, MA Fahnestock, M Truffer… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The Greenland Ice Sheet holds 7.2 m of sea level equivalent and in recent decades, rising
temperatures have led to accelerated mass loss. Current ice margin recession is led by the …

[HTML][HTML] What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates

R Mottram, N Hansen, C Kittel, JM Van Wessem… - The …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
We compare the performance of five different regional climate models (RCMs)(COSMO-CLM
2, HIRHAM5, MAR3. 10, MetUM, and RACMO2. 3p2), forced by ERA-Interim reanalysis, in …

Atmospheric river impacts on Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance

KS Mattingly, TL Mote, X Fettweis - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) mass loss has accelerated since the turn of the twenty‐
first century. Several recent episodes of rapid GrIS ablation coincided with intense moisture …

The case for a sustained Greenland Ice Sheet-ocean observing system (GrIOOS)

F Straneo, DA Sutherland, L Stearns… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Rapid mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is affecting sea level and, through
increased freshwater and sediment discharge, ocean circulation, sea-ice, biogeochemistry …