Evaluation of Regional Climate Models Using Regionally Optimized GRACE Mascons in the Amery and Getz Ice Shelves Basins, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Mohajerani, Y, Velicogna, I, Rignot, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2019
• Subjects: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7sm4f4gt

We develop regionally optimized Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) solutions to evaluate the mass balance of the drainage basins of Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, and Getz Ice Shelf, West Antarctica. We find that the Amery region is near balance, while the Getz region is rapidly losi...