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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ftcdlib:qt4zt5s2qr 2023-05-15T16:21:03+02:00 Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data Rignot, E 815 - 818 1997-12-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr english eng eScholarship, University of California qt4zt5s2qr http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr Attribution (CC BY): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rignot, E. (1997). Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP, (414 PART 2), 815 - 818. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr article 1997 ftcdlib 2018-07-06T22:51:25Z 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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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. |
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Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data |
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Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data |
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Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data |
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Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data |
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Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data |
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ice discharge from north and northeast greenland using ers data |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Rignot, E. (1997). Ice discharge from north and northeast Greenland using ERS data. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP, (414 PART 2), 815 - 818. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4zt5s2qr |
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