Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Between 2003-2016, the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) was one of the largest contributors to sea level rise, as it lost about 255 Gt of ice per year. This mass loss slowed in 2017 and 2018 to about 100 Gt yr<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>. H...
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ftzbmed:oai:frl.publisso.de:frl:6472032 2024-04-28T08:21:10+00:00 Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites Sasgen, Ingo Wouters, Bert Gardner, Alex King, Michalea Tedesco, Marco Landerer, Felix Dahle, Christoph Save, Himanshu Fettweis, Xavier 2020 https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6472032 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0010-1 eng eng https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6472032 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0010-1 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://lobid.org/resources/99370686607206441#!, 1(1):8 Cryospheric science Article Climate change Zeitschriftenartikel 2020 ftzbmed https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0010-1 2024-04-03T16:52:43Z <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Between 2003-2016, the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) was one of the largest contributors to sea level rise, as it lost about 255 Gt of ice per year. This mass loss slowed in 2017 and 2018 to about 100 Gt yr<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>. Here we examine further changes in rate of GrIS mass loss, by analyzing data from the GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment – Follow On) satellite mission, launched in May 2018. Using simulations with regional climate models we show that the mass losses observed in 2017 and 2018 by the GRACE and GRACE-FO missions are lower than in any other two year period between 2003 and 2019, the combined period of the two missions. We find that this reduced ice loss results from two anomalous cold summers in western Greenland, compounded by snow-rich autumn and winter conditions in the east. For 2019, GRACE-FO reveals a return to high melt rates leading to a mass loss of 223 ± 12 Gt month<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> during the month of July alone, and a record annual mass loss of 532 ± 58 Gt yr<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet PUBLISSO Fachrepositorium Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED) Communications Earth & Environment 1 1 |
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Between 2003-2016, the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) was one of the largest contributors to sea level rise, as it lost about 255 Gt of ice per year. This mass loss slowed in 2017 and 2018 to about 100 Gt yr<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>. Here we examine further changes in rate of GrIS mass loss, by analyzing data from the GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment – Follow On) satellite mission, launched in May 2018. Using simulations with regional climate models we show that the mass losses observed in 2017 and 2018 by the GRACE and GRACE-FO missions are lower than in any other two year period between 2003 and 2019, the combined period of the two missions. We find that this reduced ice loss results from two anomalous cold summers in western Greenland, compounded by snow-rich autumn and winter conditions in the east. For 2019, GRACE-FO reveals a return to high melt rates leading to a mass loss of 223 ± 12 Gt month<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> during the month of July alone, and a record annual mass loss of 532 ± 58 Gt yr<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>.</jats:p> |
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Sasgen, Ingo Wouters, Bert Gardner, Alex King, Michalea Tedesco, Marco Landerer, Felix Dahle, Christoph Save, Himanshu Fettweis, Xavier |
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Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites |
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Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites |
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Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites |
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Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites |
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Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites |
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return to rapid ice loss in greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the grace-fo satellites |
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