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 …

Measuring glacier mass changes from space—a review

E Berthier, D Floriciou, AS Gardner… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are currently losing mass
rapidly with direct and severe impacts on the habitability of some regions on Earth as glacier …

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 …

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 …

A high‐resolution record of Greenland mass balance

M McMillan, A Leeson, A Shepherd… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We map recent Greenland Ice Sheet elevation change at high spatial (5 km) and
temporal (monthly) resolution using CryoSat‐2 altimetry. After correcting for the impact of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Greenland ice sheet mass balance from 1840 through next week

KD Mankoff, X Fettweis, PL Langen… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The mass of the Greenland ice sheet is declining as mass gain from snow accumulation is
exceeded by mass loss from surface meltwater runoff, marine-terminating glacier calving …

Global sea-level budget and ocean-mass budget, with focus on advanced data products and uncertainty characterisation

M Horwath, BD Gutknecht, A Cazenave… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Studies of the global sea-level budget (SLB) and the global ocean-mass budget (OMB) are
essential to assess the reliability of our knowledge of sea-level change and its contributors …

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 …

Greenland and Antarctica ice sheet mass changes and effects on global sea level

R Forsberg, L Sørensen, S Simonsen - Integrative Study of the Mean Sea …, 2017 - Springer
Thirteen years of GRACE data provide an excellent picture of the current mass changes of
Greenland and Antarctica, with mass loss in the GRACE period 2002–2015 amounting to …