Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland
Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet represents a major uncertainty in projecting future rates of global sea level rise. Much of this uncertainty is related to a lack of knowledge about subsurface ocean hydrographic properties, particularly heat content, how these properties are modified across the co...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:h8s80-7na88 2024-06-23T07:53:07+00:00 Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland Fenty, Ian Willis, Josh K. Khazendar, Ala Dinardo, Steven Forsberg, René Fukumori, Ichiro Holland, David Jakobsson, Martin Moller, Delwyn Morison, James Münchow, Andreas Rignot, Eric Schodlok, Michael Thompson, Andrew F. Tinto, Kirsteen Rutherford, Matthew Trenholm, Nicole 2016-12 https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.100 unknown Oceanography Society https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.100 oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:h8s80-7na88 eprintid:81829 resolverid:CaltechAUTHORS:20170926-095836808 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Other Oceanography, 29(4), 72-83, (2016-12) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.100 2024-06-12T06:27:06Z Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet represents a major uncertainty in projecting future rates of global sea level rise. Much of this uncertainty is related to a lack of knowledge about subsurface ocean hydrographic properties, particularly heat content, how these properties are modified across the continental shelf, and about the extent to which the ocean interacts with glaciers. Early results from NASA's five-year Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, based on extensive hydrographic and bathymetric surveys, suggest that many glaciers terminate in deep water and are hence vulnerable to increased melting due to ocean-ice interaction. OMG will track ocean conditions and ice loss at glaciers around Greenland through the year 2020, providing critical information about ocean-driven Greenland ice mass loss in a warming climate. © 2016 The Oceanography Society. The research described in this paper was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. ©2015 California Institute of Technology. US Government sponsorship is acknowledged. Published - 29-4_fenty.pdf Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Greenland Oceanography 29 4 72 83 |
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Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet represents a major uncertainty in projecting future rates of global sea level rise. Much of this uncertainty is related to a lack of knowledge about subsurface ocean hydrographic properties, particularly heat content, how these properties are modified across the continental shelf, and about the extent to which the ocean interacts with glaciers. Early results from NASA's five-year Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, based on extensive hydrographic and bathymetric surveys, suggest that many glaciers terminate in deep water and are hence vulnerable to increased melting due to ocean-ice interaction. OMG will track ocean conditions and ice loss at glaciers around Greenland through the year 2020, providing critical information about ocean-driven Greenland ice mass loss in a warming climate. © 2016 The Oceanography Society. The research described in this paper was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA. ©2015 California Institute of Technology. US Government sponsorship is acknowledged. Published - 29-4_fenty.pdf |
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Fenty, Ian Willis, Josh K. Khazendar, Ala Dinardo, Steven Forsberg, René Fukumori, Ichiro Holland, David Jakobsson, Martin Moller, Delwyn Morison, James Münchow, Andreas Rignot, Eric Schodlok, Michael Thompson, Andrew F. Tinto, Kirsteen Rutherford, Matthew Trenholm, Nicole |
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Fenty, Ian Willis, Josh K. Khazendar, Ala Dinardo, Steven Forsberg, René Fukumori, Ichiro Holland, David Jakobsson, Martin Moller, Delwyn Morison, James Münchow, Andreas Rignot, Eric Schodlok, Michael Thompson, Andrew F. Tinto, Kirsteen Rutherford, Matthew Trenholm, Nicole Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland |
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Fenty, Ian Willis, Josh K. Khazendar, Ala Dinardo, Steven Forsberg, René Fukumori, Ichiro Holland, David Jakobsson, Martin Moller, Delwyn Morison, James Münchow, Andreas Rignot, Eric Schodlok, Michael Thompson, Andrew F. Tinto, Kirsteen Rutherford, Matthew Trenholm, Nicole |
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Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland |
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Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland |
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Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland |
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Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland |
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Oceans Melting Greenland: Early Results from NASA's Ocean-Ice Mission in Greenland |
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oceans melting greenland: early results from nasa's ocean-ice mission in greenland |
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