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

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Mohajerani, Yara, Velicogna, Isabella, Rignot, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2019
• Subjects: Climate Action; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Getz Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7sm4f4gt; https://escholarship.org/content/qt7sm4f4gt/qt7sm4f4gt.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl084665

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...