Elevation changes of the Antarctic ice sheet from joint Envisat and CryoSat-2 radar altimetry

B Zhang, Z Wang, Q Yang, J Liu, J An, F Li, T Liu… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The elevation changes of ice sheets have been recognized as an essential climate variable.
Long-term time series of these changes are an important parameter to understand climate …

Modeled and observed bedrock displacements in north‐east Greenland using refined estimates of present‐day ice‐mass changes and densified GNSS …

MT Kappelsberger, U Strößenreuther… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models of the glacial‐isostatic adjustment (GIA) to past ice‐mass changes exhibit
large differences in north‐east Greenland owing to insufficient knowledge about glacial …

Satellite remote sensing of the Greenland ice sheet ablation zone: A review

MG Cooper, LC Smith - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Greenland Ice Sheet is now the largest land ice contributor to global sea level rise,
largely driven by increased surface meltwater runoff from the ablation zone, ie, areas of the …

Reconstructing Continuous Ice Sheet Elevation Changes in the Amundsen Sea Sector During 2003–2021 by Merging Envisat, ICESat, CryoSat‐2, and ICESat‐2 Multi …

L Yue, N Chao, G Chen, L Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Amundsen Sea (AS) sector in West Antarctica accounts for a significant
proportion of Earth's ice losses and is the largest contributor of Antarctica's mass loss. To …

Sensitivity to forecast surface mass balance outweighs sensitivity to basal sliding descriptions for 21st century mass loss from three major Greenland outlet glaciers

JR Carr, EA Hill, GH Gudmundsson - The Cryosphere, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet contributed 10.6 mm to global sea level rise between
1992 and 2018, and it is projected to be the largest glacial contributor to sea level rise by …

Firn on ice sheets

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Most of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are covered with firn—the transitional
material between snow and glacial ice. Firn is vital for understanding ice-sheet mass …

Surface melting drives fluctuations in airborne radar penetration in West Central Greenland

IN Otosaka, A Shepherd, TGD Casal… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Greenland Ice Sheet surface melting has increased since the 1990s, affecting the
rheology and scattering properties of the near‐surface firn. We combine firn cores and …

Observing the Near‐Surface Properties of the Greenland Ice Sheet

KM Scanlan, A Rutishauser… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spaceborne radar altimetry over ice sheets has exclusively focused on assessing volume
changes through changes in surface elevation. For use in mass balance calculations, these …

A cold laboratory hyperspectral imaging system to map grain size and ice layer distributions in firn cores

IE McDowell, KM Keegan, SMK Skiles… - The …, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are covered in a layer of porous firn.
Knowledge of firn structure improves our understanding of ice sheet mass balance, supra …

Complex multi-decadal ice dynamical change inland of marine-terminating glaciers on the Greenland Ice Sheet

JJ Williams, N Gourmelen, P Nienow - Journal of Glaciology, 2021 - cambridge.org
Greenland's future contribution to sea-level rise is strongly dependent on the extent to which
dynamic perturbations, originating at the margin, can drive increased ice flow within the ice …