Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data

Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland glaciers was calculated at the grounding line using ERS radar interferometry data acquired during the tandem phase. The resulting estimates exceed the production of icebergs at the glacier fronts by a factor 3.5. This large decrease in ice flux is att...

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Main Author: Rignot, E
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 1997
Subjects:
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Greenland
glacier
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr
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spelling ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt4zt5s2qr 2023-10-25T01:38:47+02:00 Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data Rignot, E 815 - 818 1997-01-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr unknown eScholarship, University of California qt4zt5s2qr https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr CC-BY THIRD ERS SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AT THE SERVICE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, VOLS. II & III, vol 414, iss 414 PART 2 Astronomy & Astrophysics article 1997 ftcdlib 2023-09-25T18:03:32Z Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland glaciers was calculated at the grounding line using ERS radar interferometry data acquired during the tandem phase. The resulting estimates exceed the production of icebergs at the glacier fronts by a factor 3.5. This large decrease in ice flux is attributed to extensive melting at the underside of the floating sections. When compared to the predicted grounding line ice discharge of an ice sheet in balance, the results show an excess 28 km3/yr of ice lost to the ocean. The north and northeast sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet are therefore thinning and contributing positively to sea-level rise. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Greenland Ice Sheet University of California: eScholarship Greenland
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Rignot, E
Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data
topic_facet Astronomy & Astrophysics
description Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland glaciers was calculated at the grounding line using ERS radar interferometry data acquired during the tandem phase. The resulting estimates exceed the production of icebergs at the glacier fronts by a factor 3.5. This large decrease in ice flux is attributed to extensive melting at the underside of the floating sections. When compared to the predicted grounding line ice discharge of an ice sheet in balance, the results show an excess 28 km3/yr of ice lost to the ocean. The north and northeast sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet are therefore thinning and contributing positively to sea-level rise.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Rignot, E
author_facet Rignot, E
author_sort Rignot, E
title Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data
title_short Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data
title_full Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data
title_fullStr Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data
title_full_unstemmed Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data
title_sort ice discharge from north and northeast greenland using ers data
publisher eScholarship, University of California
publishDate 1997
url https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr
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Greenland
Ice Sheet
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Greenland
Ice Sheet
op_source THIRD ERS SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AT THE SERVICE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, VOLS. II & III, vol 414, iss 414 PART 2
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