Mass balance of the ice sheets and glaciers - Progress since AR5 and challenges
Recent research shows increasing decadal ice mass losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and more generally from glaciers worldwide in the light of continued global warming. Here, in an update of our previous ISMASS paper (Hanna et al., 2013), we review recent observational estimates of...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/390626 2023-11-12T04:03:19+01:00 Mass balance of the ice sheets and glaciers - Progress since AR5 and challenges Hanna, Edward Pattyn, Frank Navarro, Francisco Favier, Vincent Goelzer, Heiko van den Broeke, Michiel R. Vizcaino, Miren Whitehouse, Pippa L. Ritz, Catherine Bulthuis, Kevin Smith, Ben Sub Dynamics Meteorology Marine and Atmospheric Research 2020-02 application/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/390626 en eng 0012-8252 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/390626 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Sea-level rise Model intercomparison project Rapid bedrock uplift Snow accumulation Regional climate West antarctica Isostatic-adjustment Thwaites glacier Reconciled estimate Greenland surface Taverne Earth and Planetary Sciences(all) Article 2020 ftunivutrecht 2023-11-01T23:22:36Z Recent research shows increasing decadal ice mass losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and more generally from glaciers worldwide in the light of continued global warming. Here, in an update of our previous ISMASS paper (Hanna et al., 2013), we review recent observational estimates of ice sheet and glacier mass balance, and their related uncertainties, first briefly considering relevant monitoring methods. Focusing on the response to climate change during 1992-2018, and especially the post-IPCC AR5 period, we discuss recent changes in the relative contributions of ice sheets and glaciers to sea-level change. We assess recent advances in understanding of the relative importance of surface mass balance and ice dynamics in overall ice-sheet mass change. We also consider recent improvements in ice-sheet modelling, highlighting data-model linkages and the use of updated observational datasets in ice-sheet models. Finally, by identifying key deficiencies in the observations and models that hamper current understanding and limit reliability of future ice-sheet projections, we make recommendations to the research community for reducing these knowledge gaps. Our synthesis aims to provide a critical and timely review of the current state of the science in advance of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report that is due in 2021. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Thwaites Glacier West Antarctica Utrecht University Repository Antarctic Greenland |
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Sea-level rise Model intercomparison project Rapid bedrock uplift Snow accumulation Regional climate West antarctica Isostatic-adjustment Thwaites glacier Reconciled estimate Greenland surface Taverne Earth and Planetary Sciences(all) Hanna, Edward Pattyn, Frank Navarro, Francisco Favier, Vincent Goelzer, Heiko van den Broeke, Michiel R. Vizcaino, Miren Whitehouse, Pippa L. Ritz, Catherine Bulthuis, Kevin Smith, Ben Mass balance of the ice sheets and glaciers - Progress since AR5 and challenges |
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Recent research shows increasing decadal ice mass losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and more generally from glaciers worldwide in the light of continued global warming. Here, in an update of our previous ISMASS paper (Hanna et al., 2013), we review recent observational estimates of ice sheet and glacier mass balance, and their related uncertainties, first briefly considering relevant monitoring methods. Focusing on the response to climate change during 1992-2018, and especially the post-IPCC AR5 period, we discuss recent changes in the relative contributions of ice sheets and glaciers to sea-level change. We assess recent advances in understanding of the relative importance of surface mass balance and ice dynamics in overall ice-sheet mass change. We also consider recent improvements in ice-sheet modelling, highlighting data-model linkages and the use of updated observational datasets in ice-sheet models. Finally, by identifying key deficiencies in the observations and models that hamper current understanding and limit reliability of future ice-sheet projections, we make recommendations to the research community for reducing these knowledge gaps. Our synthesis aims to provide a critical and timely review of the current state of the science in advance of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report that is due in 2021. |
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Hanna, Edward Pattyn, Frank Navarro, Francisco Favier, Vincent Goelzer, Heiko van den Broeke, Michiel R. Vizcaino, Miren Whitehouse, Pippa L. Ritz, Catherine Bulthuis, Kevin Smith, Ben |
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Mass balance of the ice sheets and glaciers - Progress since AR5 and challenges |
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Mass balance of the ice sheets and glaciers - Progress since AR5 and challenges |
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