Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet runoff from satellite observations

Accurate assessments of ice-sheet runoff are essential for sea-level projections. A new method using satellite altimeter observations can provide near real-time surface mass balance measurements across an entire ice sheet and reveal runoff variability not captured by global climate models.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Thomas Slater, Andrew Shepherd, Malcolm McMillan, Amber Leeson, Lin Gilbert, Alan Muir, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Brice Noël, Xavier Fettweis, Michiel van den Broeke, Kate Briggs
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
Science
Q
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26229-4
https://doaj.org/article/865ed73caa244770acc6cbf0188f3b1e
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Summary:Accurate assessments of ice-sheet runoff are essential for sea-level projections. A new method using satellite altimeter observations can provide near real-time surface mass balance measurements across an entire ice sheet and reveal runoff variability not captured by global climate models.

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