Estimating Ice Discharge at Greenland's Three Largest Outlet Glaciers Using Local Bedrock Uplift

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Hansen, Karina, Truffer, Martin, Aschwanden, Andy, Mankoff, Kenneth, Bevis, Michael, Humbert, Angelika, van den Broeke, Michiel R., Noël, Brice, Bjørk, Anders, Colgan, William, Kjær, Kurt H., Adhikari, Surendra, Barletta, Valentina, Khan, Shfaqat A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: glaciers; Greenland; ice discharge; ice loss; land uplift; surface mass balance; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Kangerlussuaq; glacier; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/estimating-ice-discharge-at-greenlands-three-largest-outlet-glaciers-using-local-bedrock-uplift(017f21cf-b2bc-4f77-b369-98f38c20b907).html; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094252; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/281652557/Estimating_Ice_Discharge_at_Greenland_s_Three_Largest_Outlet_Glaciers_Using_Local_Bedrock_Uplift.pdf

We present a novel method to estimate dynamic ice loss of Greenland's three largest outlet glaciers: Jakobshavn Isbræ, Kangerlussuaq Glacier, and Helheim Glacier. We use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations attached to bedrock to measure elastic displacements of the solid Earth ca...