Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects
This study examines present-day changes of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) by means of different data sets. We make use of monthly gravity field solutions acquired by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to study mass changes of the AIS for a 10-year period. In addition to "standar...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:35240 2023-05-15T13:40:26+02:00 Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects Groh, A. Ewert, H. Rosenau, R. Fagiolini, E. Gruber, C. Floricioiu, D. Abdel Jaber, W. Linow, Stefanie Flechtner, F. Eineder, M. Dierking, Wolfgang Dietrich, R. 2014-03 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35240/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10712-014-9286-y https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43245 unknown Springer Groh, A. , Ewert, H. , Rosenau, R. , Fagiolini, E. , Gruber, C. , Floricioiu, D. , Abdel Jaber, W. , Linow, S. , Flechtner, F. , Eineder, M. , Dierking, W. orcid:0000-0002-5031-648X and Dietrich, R. (2014) Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects , Surveys in Geophysics, pp. 1-25 . doi:10.1007/s10712-014-9286-y <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-014-9286-y> , hdl:10013/epic.43245 EPIC3Surveys in Geophysics, Springer, pp. 1-25, ISSN: 0169-3298 Article isiRev 2014 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-014-9286-y 2021-12-24T15:39:27Z This study examines present-day changes of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) by means of different data sets. We make use of monthly gravity field solutions acquired by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to study mass changes of the AIS for a 10-year period. In addition to "standard" solutions of release 05, solutions based on radial base functions were used. Both solutions reveal an increased mass loss in recent years. For a 6-year period surface-height changes were inferred from laser altimetry data provided by the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat). The basin-scale volume trends were converted into mass changes and were compared with the GRACE estimates for the same period. Focussing on the Thwaites Glacier, Landsat optical imagery was utilised to determine ice-flow velocities for a period of more than two decades. This data set was extended by means of high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from the TerraSAR-X mission, revealing an accelerated ice flow of all parts of the glacier. ICESat data over the Thwaites Glacier were complemented by digital elevation models inferred from TanDEM-X data. This extended data set exhibits an increased surface lowering in recent times. Passive microwave remote sensing data prove the long-term stability of the accumulation rates in a low accumulation zone in East Antarctica over several decades. Finally, we discuss the main error sources of present-day mass-balance estimates: the glacial isostatic adjustment effect for GRACE as well as the biases between laser operational periods and the volume-mass conversion for ICESat. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Ice Sheet Thwaites Glacier Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic East Antarctica The Antarctic Thwaites Glacier ENVELOPE(-106.750,-106.750,-75.500,-75.500) Surveys in Geophysics 35 6 1481 1505 |
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This study examines present-day changes of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) by means of different data sets. We make use of monthly gravity field solutions acquired by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to study mass changes of the AIS for a 10-year period. In addition to "standard" solutions of release 05, solutions based on radial base functions were used. Both solutions reveal an increased mass loss in recent years. For a 6-year period surface-height changes were inferred from laser altimetry data provided by the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat). The basin-scale volume trends were converted into mass changes and were compared with the GRACE estimates for the same period. Focussing on the Thwaites Glacier, Landsat optical imagery was utilised to determine ice-flow velocities for a period of more than two decades. This data set was extended by means of high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from the TerraSAR-X mission, revealing an accelerated ice flow of all parts of the glacier. ICESat data over the Thwaites Glacier were complemented by digital elevation models inferred from TanDEM-X data. This extended data set exhibits an increased surface lowering in recent times. Passive microwave remote sensing data prove the long-term stability of the accumulation rates in a low accumulation zone in East Antarctica over several decades. Finally, we discuss the main error sources of present-day mass-balance estimates: the glacial isostatic adjustment effect for GRACE as well as the biases between laser operational periods and the volume-mass conversion for ICESat. |
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Groh, A. Ewert, H. Rosenau, R. Fagiolini, E. Gruber, C. Floricioiu, D. Abdel Jaber, W. Linow, Stefanie Flechtner, F. Eineder, M. Dierking, Wolfgang Dietrich, R. |
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Groh, A. Ewert, H. Rosenau, R. Fagiolini, E. Gruber, C. Floricioiu, D. Abdel Jaber, W. Linow, Stefanie Flechtner, F. Eineder, M. Dierking, Wolfgang Dietrich, R. Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects |
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Groh, A. Ewert, H. Rosenau, R. Fagiolini, E. Gruber, C. Floricioiu, D. Abdel Jaber, W. Linow, Stefanie Flechtner, F. Eineder, M. Dierking, Wolfgang Dietrich, R. |
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Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects |
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Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects |
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Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects |
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Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects |
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Mass, Volume and Velocity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Present-Day Changes and Error Effects |
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mass, volume and velocity of the antarctic ice sheet: present-day changes and error effects |
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