Acceleration of dynamic ice loss in Antarctica from satellite gravimetry
International audience The dynamic stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the largest uncertainties in projections of future global sea-level rise. Essential for improving projections of the ice sheet evolution is the understanding of the ongoing trends and accelerations of mass loss in the...
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International audience The dynamic stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the largest uncertainties in projections of future global sea-level rise. Essential for improving projections of the ice sheet evolution is the understanding of the ongoing trends and accelerations of mass loss in the context of ice dynamics. Here, we examine accelerations of mass change of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 2002 to 2020 using data from the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment; 2002-2017) and its follow-on GRACE-FO (2018-present) satellite missions. By subtracting estimates of net snow accumulation provided by re-analysis data and regional climate models from GRACE/GRACE-FO mass changes, we isolate variations in ice-dynamic discharge and compare them to direct measurements based on the remote sensing of the surface-ice velocity (2002-2017). We show that variations in the GRACE/GRACE-FO time series are modulated by variations in regional snow accumulation caused by large-scale atmospheric circulation. We show for the first time that, after removal of these surface effects, accelerations of ice-dynamic discharge from GRACE/GRACE-FO agree well with those independently derived from surface-ice velocities. For 2002-2020, we recover a discharge acceleration of-5.3 ± 2.2 Gt yr$^{−2}$ for the entire ice sheet; these increasing losses originate mainly in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea Embayment regions (68%), with additional significant contributions from Dronning Maud Land (18%) and the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf region (13%). Under the assumption that the recovered rates and accelerations of mass loss persisted independent of any external forcing, Antarctica would contribute 7.6 ± 2.9 cm to global mean sea-level rise by the year 2100, more than two times the amount of 2.9 ± 0.6 cm obtained by linear extrapolation of current GRACE/GRACE-FO mass loss trends. |
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Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) Deutscher Wetterdienst Offenbach (DWD) Université de Liège |
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Acceleration of dynamic ice loss in Antarctica from satellite gravimetry |
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Acceleration of dynamic ice loss in Antarctica from satellite gravimetry |
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Acceleration of dynamic ice loss in Antarctica from satellite gravimetry |
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ISSN: 2296-6463 Frontiers in Earth Science https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587 Frontiers in Earth Science, Frontiers Media, 2021, 9, pp.741789. ⟨10.3389/feart.2021.741789⟩ |
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-03510587v1 2023-05-15T13:50:22+02:00 Acceleration of dynamic ice loss in Antarctica from satellite gravimetry Diener, Theresa Sasgen, Ingo Agosta, Cécile Fürst, Johannes, Braun, Matthias, Konrad, Hannes Fettweis, Xavier Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) Deutscher Wetterdienst Offenbach (DWD) Université de Liège 2021-12-24 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587/file/feart-09-741789.pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.741789 en eng HAL CCSD Frontiers Media info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/feart.2021.741789 hal-03510587 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587/file/feart-09-741789.pdf doi:10.3389/feart.2021.741789 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2296-6463 Frontiers in Earth Science https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510587 Frontiers in Earth Science, Frontiers Media, 2021, 9, pp.741789. ⟨10.3389/feart.2021.741789⟩ Antarctica GRACE/GRACE-FO ice-dynamic discharge surface mass balance sea-level rise (SLR) mass balance ISMIP6 climate indices [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.741789 2022-01-08T23:24:28Z International audience The dynamic stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the largest uncertainties in projections of future global sea-level rise. Essential for improving projections of the ice sheet evolution is the understanding of the ongoing trends and accelerations of mass loss in the context of ice dynamics. Here, we examine accelerations of mass change of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 2002 to 2020 using data from the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment; 2002-2017) and its follow-on GRACE-FO (2018-present) satellite missions. By subtracting estimates of net snow accumulation provided by re-analysis data and regional climate models from GRACE/GRACE-FO mass changes, we isolate variations in ice-dynamic discharge and compare them to direct measurements based on the remote sensing of the surface-ice velocity (2002-2017). We show that variations in the GRACE/GRACE-FO time series are modulated by variations in regional snow accumulation caused by large-scale atmospheric circulation. We show for the first time that, after removal of these surface effects, accelerations of ice-dynamic discharge from GRACE/GRACE-FO agree well with those independently derived from surface-ice velocities. For 2002-2020, we recover a discharge acceleration of-5.3 ± 2.2 Gt yr$^{−2}$ for the entire ice sheet; these increasing losses originate mainly in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea Embayment regions (68%), with additional significant contributions from Dronning Maud Land (18%) and the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf region (13%). Under the assumption that the recovered rates and accelerations of mass loss persisted independent of any external forcing, Antarctica would contribute 7.6 ± 2.9 cm to global mean sea-level rise by the year 2100, more than two times the amount of 2.9 ± 0.6 cm obtained by linear extrapolation of current GRACE/GRACE-FO mass loss trends. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Bellingshausen Sea Dronning Maud Land Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ronne Ice Shelf Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic The Antarctic Dronning Maud Land Bellingshausen Sea Ronne Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-61.000,-61.000,-78.500,-78.500) Frontiers in Earth Science 9 |