Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance

JTM Lenaerts, B Medley… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

Five decades of radioglaciology

DM Schroeder, RG Bingham, DD Blankenship… - Annals of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Radar sounding is a powerful geophysical approach for characterizing the subsurface
conditions of terrestrial and planetary ice masses at local to global scales. As a result, a wide …

Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017

Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The Antarctic Ice Sheet is an important indicator of climate change and driver of sea-
level rise. Here we combine satellite observations of its changing volume, flow and …

Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2–Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

B Noël, WJ Van De Berg, JM Van Wessem… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
We evaluate modelled Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) near-surface climate, surface energy
balance (SEB) and surface mass balance (SMB) from the updated regional climate model …

[HTML][HTML] GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980–2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet

X Fettweis, S Hofer, U Krebs-Kanzow, C Amory… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Observations and models agree that the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance
(SMB) has decreased since the end of the 1990s due to an increase in meltwater runoff and …

The scientific legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge

JA MacGregor, LN Boisvert, B Medley, AA Petty… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Operation IceBridge
(OIB) was a 13‐year (2009–2021) airborne mission to survey land and sea ice across the …

Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss: recent developments in observation and modeling

M van den Broeke, J Box, X Fettweis, E Hanna… - Current Climate Change …, 2017 - Springer
Surface processes currently dominate Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) mass loss. We review
recent developments in the observation and modeling of GrIS surface mass balance (SMB) …

[HTML][HTML] Greenland ice sheet mass balance from 1840 through next week

KD Mankoff, X Fettweis, PL Langen… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The mass of the Greenland ice sheet is declining as mass gain from snow accumulation is
exceeded by mass loss from surface meltwater runoff, marine-terminating glacier calving …

Mass balance of the ice sheets and glaciers–Progress since AR5 and challenges

E Hanna, F Pattyn, F Navarro, V Favier, H Goelzer… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Helheim Glacier ice velocity variability responds to runoff and terminus position change at different timescales

L Ultee, D Felikson, B Minchew, LA Stearns… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet discharges ice to the ocean through hundreds of outlet
glaciers. Recent acceleration of Greenland outlet glaciers has been linked to both oceanic …