Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased coastal thinning

W. Krabill; E. Hanna; P. Huybrechts; Waleed Abdalati; J. Cappelen; B. Csatho; E. Frederick; S. Manizade; C. Martin; J. Sonntag; R. Swift; R. Thomas; J. Yungel

doi:10.1029/2004GL021533

Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased coastal thinning

W. Krabill
, E. Hanna
, P. Huybrechts
, Waleed Abdalati
, J. Cappelen
, B. Csatho
, E. Frederick
, S. Manizade
, C. Martin
, J. Sonntag
, R. Swift
, R. Thomas
, J. Yungel

Earth Sciences

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Sheffield
Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Danish Meteorological Institute
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Centro de Estudios Científicos

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Abstract

Repeated laser-altimeter surveys and modelled snowfall/summer melt show average ice loss from Greenland between 1997 and 2003 was 80 ± 12 km³ yr^-1, compared to about 60 km³ yr ^-1 for 1993/4-1998/9. Half of the increase was from higher summer melting, with the rest caused by velocities of some glaciers exceeding those needed to balance upstream snow accumulation. Velocities of one large glacier almost doubled between 1997 and 2003, resulting in net loss from its drainage basin by about 20 km³ of ice between 2002 and 2003.

Original language	English
Article number	L24402
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021533
State	Published - Dec 28 2004

Keywords

1640 Global change: Remote sensing
1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827)
4556 Oceanography: Physical: Sea level variations

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Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased coastal thinning

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