Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at High Elevations
Comparison of ice discharge from higher elevation areas of the entire Greenland Ice Sheet with total snow accumulation gives estimates of ice thickening rates over the past few decades. On average, the region has been in balance, but with thickening of 21 centimeters per year in the southwest and th...
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craaas:10.1126/science.289.5478.426 2024-03-31T07:53:02+00:00 Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at High Elevations Thomas, R. Akins, T. Csatho, B. Fahnestock, M. Gogineni, P. Kim, C. Sonntag, J. 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.289.5478.426 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.289.5478.426 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 289, issue 5478, page 426-428 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 Multidisciplinary journal-article 2000 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.289.5478.426 2024-03-06T00:00:59Z Comparison of ice discharge from higher elevation areas of the entire Greenland Ice Sheet with total snow accumulation gives estimates of ice thickening rates over the past few decades. On average, the region has been in balance, but with thickening of 21 centimeters per year in the southwest and thinning of 30 centimeters per year in the southeast. The north of the ice sheet shows less variability, with average thickening of 2 centimeters per year in the northeast and thinning of about 5 centimeters per year in the northwest. These results agree well with those from repeated altimeter surveys, except in the extreme south, where we find substantially higher rates of both thickening and thinning. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Greenland Science 289 5478 426 428 |
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Comparison of ice discharge from higher elevation areas of the entire Greenland Ice Sheet with total snow accumulation gives estimates of ice thickening rates over the past few decades. On average, the region has been in balance, but with thickening of 21 centimeters per year in the southwest and thinning of 30 centimeters per year in the southeast. The north of the ice sheet shows less variability, with average thickening of 2 centimeters per year in the northeast and thinning of about 5 centimeters per year in the northwest. These results agree well with those from repeated altimeter surveys, except in the extreme south, where we find substantially higher rates of both thickening and thinning. |
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Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at High Elevations |
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Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at High Elevations |
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Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at High Elevations |
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Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet at High Elevations |
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