Greenland ice sheet mass balance: a review

SA Khan, A Aschwanden, AA Bjørk… - Reports on progress …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past quarter of a century the Arctic has warmed more than any other region on
Earth, causing a profound impact on the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) and its contribution to …

[HTML][HTML] Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland

KH Kjær, AA Bjørk, KK Kjeldsen, ES Hansen… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Northern Hemisphere, an insolation driven Early to Middle Holocene Thermal
Maximum was followed by a Neoglacial cooling that culminated during the Little Ice Age …

Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900

KK Kjeldsen, NJ Korsgaard, AA Bjørk, SA Khan, JE Box… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The response of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) to changes in temperature during the
twentieth century remains contentious, largely owing to difficulties in estimating the spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Twenty-first century ocean forcing of the Greenland ice sheet for modelling of sea level contribution

DA Slater, D Felikson, F Straneo, H Goelzer… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract Changes in ocean temperature and salinity are expected to be an important
determinant of the Greenland ice sheet's future sea level contribution. Yet, simulating the …

Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

SA Khan, I Sasgen, M Bevis, T van Dam, JL Bamber… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Accurate quantification of the millennial-scale mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet
(GrIS) and its contribution to global sea-level rise remain challenging because of sparse in …

Effect of near‐terminus subglacial hydrology on tidewater glacier submarine melt rates

DA Slater, PW Nienow, TR Cowton… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine melting of Greenlandic tidewater glacier termini is proposed as a possible
mechanism driving their recent thinning and retreat. We use a general circulation model …

[HTML][HTML] Centennial response of Greenland's three largest outlet glaciers

SA Khan, AA Bjørk, JL Bamber, M Morlighem… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest land ice contributor to sea level rise. This will
continue in the future but at an uncertain rate and observational estimates are limited to the …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Digital elevation model and orthophotographs of Greenland based on aerial photographs from 1978–1987

NJ Korsgaard, C Nuth, SA Khan, KK Kjeldsen, AA Bjørk… - Scientific Data, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) play a prominent role in glaciological studies for
the mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets. By providing a time snapshot of glacier …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating Greenland tidewater glacier retreat driven by submarine melting

DA Slater, F Straneo, D Felikson, CM Little… - The …, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
The effect of the North Atlantic Ocean on the Greenland Ice Sheet through submarine
melting of Greenland's tidewater glacier calving fronts is thought to be a key driver of …