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, 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: glacier; Greenland; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Kangerlussuaq
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/ae0b6c7b-f4cc-4536-99d2-1968d58ee10a; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094252; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/259139508/2021GL094252_1_.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...