Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland
Global warming is predicted to have a profound impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea-level rise. Recent mass loss in the northwest of Greenland has been substantial. Using aerial photographs, we produced digital elevation models and extended the time record of recent o...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/257340 2023-07-23T04:19:25+02:00 Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland Kjaer, K.H. Khan, S.A. van den Broeke, M.R. Willerslev, E. Marine and Atmospheric Research Sub Dynamics Meteorology 2012 application/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/257340 en eng 0036-8075 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/257340 info:eu-repo/semantics/EmbargoedAccess Article 2012 ftunivutrecht 2023-07-02T00:33:57Z Global warming is predicted to have a profound impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea-level rise. Recent mass loss in the northwest of Greenland has been substantial. Using aerial photographs, we produced digital elevation models and extended the time record of recent observed marginal dynamic thinning back to the mid-1980s. We reveal two independent dynamic ice loss events on the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet margin: from 1985 to 1993 and 2005 to 2010, which were separated by limited mass changes. Our results suggest that the ice mass changes in this sector were primarily caused by short-lived dynamic ice loss events rather than changes in the surface mass balance. This finding challenges predictions about the future response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to increasing global temperatures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet Utrecht University Repository Greenland |
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Global warming is predicted to have a profound impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea-level rise. Recent mass loss in the northwest of Greenland has been substantial. Using aerial photographs, we produced digital elevation models and extended the time record of recent observed marginal dynamic thinning back to the mid-1980s. We reveal two independent dynamic ice loss events on the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet margin: from 1985 to 1993 and 2005 to 2010, which were separated by limited mass changes. Our results suggest that the ice mass changes in this sector were primarily caused by short-lived dynamic ice loss events rather than changes in the surface mass balance. This finding challenges predictions about the future response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to increasing global temperatures. |
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Marine and Atmospheric Research Sub Dynamics Meteorology |
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Kjaer, K.H. Khan, S.A. van den Broeke, M.R. Willerslev, E. |
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Kjaer, K.H. Khan, S.A. van den Broeke, M.R. Willerslev, E. Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland |
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Kjaer, K.H. Khan, S.A. van den Broeke, M.R. Willerslev, E. |
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Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland |
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Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland |
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Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland |
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Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland |
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aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern greenland |
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