Five decades of radioglaciology

DM Schroeder, RG Bingham, DD Blankenship… - Annals of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Radar sounding is a powerful geophysical approach for characterizing the subsurface
conditions of terrestrial and planetary ice masses at local to global scales. As a result, a wide …

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 …

Quaternary glaciation history and glaciology of Jakobshavn Isbræ and the Disko Bugt region, West Greenland: a review

A Weidick, O Bennike - GEUS Bulletin, 2007 - geusbulletin.org
Abstract The Disko Bugt region in central West Greenland is characterised by permanent ice
streams, of which Jakobshavn Isbræ is by far the most important. The first thorough studies …

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 …

The scientific legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge

JA MacGregor, LN Boisvert, B Medley, AA Petty… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Operation IceBridge
(OIB) was a 13‐year (2009–2021) airborne mission to survey land and sea ice across the …

[PDF][PDF] A new bed elevation dataset for Greenland

JL Bamber, JA Griggs, RTW Hurkmans… - The …, 2013 - escholarship.org
We present a new bed elevation dataset for Greenland derived from a combination of
multiple airborne ice thickness surveys undertaken between the 1970s and 2012. Around …

Fracture propagation to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet during supraglacial lake drainage

SB Das, I Joughin, MD Behn, IM Howat, MA King… - Science, 2008 - science.org
Surface meltwater that reaches the base of an ice sheet creates a mechanism for the rapid
response of ice flow to climate change. The process whereby such a pathway is created …

Rapid changes in ice discharge from Greenland outlet glaciers

IM Howat, I Joughin, TA Scambos - Science, 2007 - science.org
Using satellite-derived surface elevation and velocity data, we found major short-term
variations in recent ice discharge and mass loss at two of Greenland's largest outlet glaciers …

A new ice thickness and bed data set for the Greenland ice sheet: 1. Measurement, data reduction, and errors

JL Bamber, RL Layberry… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Ice thickness data collected between 1993 and 1999 using a coherent ice‐penetrating radar
system developed at the University of Kansas have been combined with data collected by …