Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss: recent developments in observation and modeling

M van den Broeke, J Box, X Fettweis, E Hanna… - Current Climate Change …, 2017 - Springer
Surface processes currently dominate Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) mass loss. We review
recent developments in the observation and modeling of GrIS surface mass balance (SMB) …

Polar regions

MP Meredith, M Sommerkorn… - The ocean and …, 2019 - research.monash.edu
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Space‐based observations for understanding changes in the arctic‐boreal zone

BN Duncan, LE Ott, JB Abshire, L Brucker… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Observations taken over the last few decades indicate that dramatic changes are occurring
in the Arctic‐Boreal Zone (ABZ), which are having significant impacts on ABZ inhabitants …

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 …

Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation

H Machguth, M MacFerrin, D van As, JE Box… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Approximately half of Greenland's current annual mass loss is attributed to runoff from
surface melt. At higher elevations, however, melt does not necessarily equal runoff, because …

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 …

Polar regions. chapter 3, ipcc special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Meredith, M Sommerkorn, S Cassotta, C Derksen… - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Vertical bedrock shifts reveal summer water storage in Greenland ice sheet

J Ran, P Ditmar, MR van den Broeke, L Liu, R Klees… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is at present the largest single contributor to global-
mass-induced sea-level rise, primarily because of Arctic amplification on an increasingly …

Laser altimetry reveals complex pattern of Greenland Ice Sheet dynamics

BM Csatho, AF Schenk… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
We present a new record of ice thickness change, reconstructed at nearly 100,000 sites on
the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) from laser altimetry measurements spanning the period 1993 …

Liquid water flow and retention on the Greenland ice sheet in the regional climate model HIRHAM5: Local and large-scale impacts

PL Langen, RS Fausto, B Vandecrux… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
To improve Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance (SMB) simulation, the subsurface
scheme of the HIRHAM5 regional climate model was extended to include snow …