A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009
Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are losing large amounts of water to the world's oceans. However, estimates of their contribution to sea level rise disagree. We provide a consensus estimate by standardizing existing, and creating new, mass-budget estimates from sat...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/e4bdd3f3-1cde-4706-a2f3-6f456095b28f 2023-05-15T13:39:30+02:00 A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 Gardner, Alex S. Moholdt, Geir Cogley, J. Graham Wouters, Bert Arendt, Anthony A. Wahr, John Berthier, Etienne Hock, Regine Pfeffer, W. Tad Kaser, Georg Ligtenberg, Stefan R.M. Bolch, Tobias Sharp, Martin J. Hagen, Jon Ove Van Den Broeke, Michiel R. Paul, Frank 2013-05-17 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/a-reconciled-estimate-of-glacier-contributions-to-sea-level-rise(e4bdd3f3-1cde-4706-a2f3-6f456095b28f).html https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1234532 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877732034&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Gardner , A S , Moholdt , G , Cogley , J G , Wouters , B , Arendt , A A , Wahr , J , Berthier , E , Hock , R , Pfeffer , W T , Kaser , G , Ligtenberg , S R M , Bolch , T , Sharp , M J , Hagen , J O , Van Den Broeke , M R & Paul , F 2013 , ' A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise : 2003 to 2009 ' , Science , vol. 340 , no. 6134 , pp. 852-857 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1234532 article 2013 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1234532 2022-06-02T07:49:53Z Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are losing large amounts of water to the world's oceans. However, estimates of their contribution to sea level rise disagree. We provide a consensus estimate by standardizing existing, and creating new, mass-budget estimates from satellite gravimetry and altimetry and from local glaciological records. In many regions, local measurements are more negative than satellite-based estimates. All regions lost mass during 2003 -2009, with the largest losses from Arctic Canada, Alaska, coastal Greenland, the southern Andes, and high-mountain Asia, but there was little loss from glaciers in Antarctica. Over this period, the global mass budget was -259 ± 28 gigatons per year, equivalent to the combined loss from both ice sheets and accounting for 29 ± 13% of the observed sea level rise. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic glacier glacier glacier* glaciers Greenland Alaska University of St Andrews: Research Portal Antarctic Arctic Canada Greenland Science 340 6134 852 857 |
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Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are losing large amounts of water to the world's oceans. However, estimates of their contribution to sea level rise disagree. We provide a consensus estimate by standardizing existing, and creating new, mass-budget estimates from satellite gravimetry and altimetry and from local glaciological records. In many regions, local measurements are more negative than satellite-based estimates. All regions lost mass during 2003 -2009, with the largest losses from Arctic Canada, Alaska, coastal Greenland, the southern Andes, and high-mountain Asia, but there was little loss from glaciers in Antarctica. Over this period, the global mass budget was -259 ± 28 gigatons per year, equivalent to the combined loss from both ice sheets and accounting for 29 ± 13% of the observed sea level rise. |
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Gardner, Alex S. Moholdt, Geir Cogley, J. Graham Wouters, Bert Arendt, Anthony A. Wahr, John Berthier, Etienne Hock, Regine Pfeffer, W. Tad Kaser, Georg Ligtenberg, Stefan R.M. Bolch, Tobias Sharp, Martin J. Hagen, Jon Ove Van Den Broeke, Michiel R. Paul, Frank |
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Gardner, Alex S. Moholdt, Geir Cogley, J. Graham Wouters, Bert Arendt, Anthony A. Wahr, John Berthier, Etienne Hock, Regine Pfeffer, W. Tad Kaser, Georg Ligtenberg, Stefan R.M. Bolch, Tobias Sharp, Martin J. Hagen, Jon Ove Van Den Broeke, Michiel R. Paul, Frank A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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Gardner, Alex S. Moholdt, Geir Cogley, J. Graham Wouters, Bert Arendt, Anthony A. Wahr, John Berthier, Etienne Hock, Regine Pfeffer, W. Tad Kaser, Georg Ligtenberg, Stefan R.M. Bolch, Tobias Sharp, Martin J. Hagen, Jon Ove Van Den Broeke, Michiel R. Paul, Frank |
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A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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A reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise:2003 to 2009 |
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