Variations of Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 2002 to 2019
The melting of the polar ice caps is considered to be an essential factor for global sea-level rise and has received significant attention. Quantitative research on ice cap mass changes is critical in global climate change. In this study, GRACE JPL RL06 data under the Mascon scheme based on the dyna...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2072-4292/12/16/2609/ 2023-08-20T04:04:41+02:00 Variations of Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 2002 to 2019 Yaqiong Mu Yanqiang Wei Jinkui Wu Yongjian Ding Donghui Shangguan Di Zeng agris 2020-08-13 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162609 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Environmental Remote Sensing https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12162609 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Remote Sensing; Volume 12; Issue 16; Pages: 2609 ice sheet change climate change GRACE gravity satellite Arctic region Text 2020 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162609 2023-07-31T23:55:23Z The melting of the polar ice caps is considered to be an essential factor for global sea-level rise and has received significant attention. Quantitative research on ice cap mass changes is critical in global climate change. In this study, GRACE JPL RL06 data under the Mascon scheme based on the dynamic method were used. Greenland, which is highly sensitive to climate change, was selected as the study area. Greenland was divided into six sub-research regions, according to its watersheds. The spatial–temporal mass changes were compared to corresponding temperature and precipitation statistics to analyze the relationship between changes in ice sheet mass and climate change. The results show that: (i) From February 2002 to September 2019, the rate of change in the Greenland Ice Sheet mass was about −263 ± 13 Gt yr−1 and the areas with the most substantial ice sheet loss and climate changes were concentrated in the western and southern parts of Greenland. (ii) The mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet during the study period was at a loss, and this was closely related to increasing trends in temperature and precipitation. (iii) In the coastal areas of western and southern Greenland, the rate of mass change has accelerated significantly, mainly because of climate change. Text Arctic Climate change Greenland Ice cap Ice Sheet MDPI Open Access Publishing Arctic Greenland Remote Sensing 12 16 2609 |
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The melting of the polar ice caps is considered to be an essential factor for global sea-level rise and has received significant attention. Quantitative research on ice cap mass changes is critical in global climate change. In this study, GRACE JPL RL06 data under the Mascon scheme based on the dynamic method were used. Greenland, which is highly sensitive to climate change, was selected as the study area. Greenland was divided into six sub-research regions, according to its watersheds. The spatial–temporal mass changes were compared to corresponding temperature and precipitation statistics to analyze the relationship between changes in ice sheet mass and climate change. The results show that: (i) From February 2002 to September 2019, the rate of change in the Greenland Ice Sheet mass was about −263 ± 13 Gt yr−1 and the areas with the most substantial ice sheet loss and climate changes were concentrated in the western and southern parts of Greenland. (ii) The mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet during the study period was at a loss, and this was closely related to increasing trends in temperature and precipitation. (iii) In the coastal areas of western and southern Greenland, the rate of mass change has accelerated significantly, mainly because of climate change. |
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Variations of Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 2002 to 2019 |
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