Glacier crevasses: Observations, models, and mass balance implications

W Colgan, H Rajaram, W Abdalati… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We review the findings of approximately 60 years of in situ and remote sensing studies of
glacier crevasses, as well as the three broad classes of numerical models now employed to …

Acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise

E Rignot, I Velicogna… - Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ice sheet mass balance estimates have improved substantially in recent years using a
variety of techniques, over different time periods, and at various levels of spatial detail …

Comprehensive annual ice sheet velocity mapping using Landsat-8, Sentinel-1, and RADARSAT-2 data

J Mouginot, E Rignot, B Scheuchl, R Millan - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Satellite remote sensing data including Landsat-8 (optical), Sentinel-1, and RADARSAT-2
(synthetic aperture radar (SAR) missions) have recently become routinely available for large …

Contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to sea level over the next millennium

A Aschwanden, MA Fahnestock, M Truffer… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The Greenland Ice Sheet holds 7.2 m of sea level equivalent and in recent decades, rising
temperatures have led to accelerated mass loss. Current ice margin recession is led by the …

Partitioning recent Greenland mass loss

M Van den Broeke, J Bamber, J Ettema, E Rignot… - science, 2009 - science.org
Mass budget calculations, validated with satellite gravity observations [from the Gravity
Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites], enable us to quantify the individual …

Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet

E Rignot, P Kanagaratnam - Science, 2006 - science.org
Using satellite radar interferometry observations of Greenland, we detected widespread
glacier acceleration below 66° north between 1996 and 2000, which rapidly expanded to …

Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century

Y Choi, M Morlighem, E Rignot, M Wood - Communications Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet is nearly equally partitioned between a decrease
in surface mass balance from enhanced surface melt and an increase in ice dynamics from …

Recent advances in understanding ice sheet dynamics

SJ Marshall - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
Glaciers and ice sheets play a dynamic role in Earth's climate system, influencing regional-
and global-scale climate and responding to climate change on time scales from years to …

Seasonal speedup along the western flank of the Greenland Ice Sheet

I Joughin, SB Das, MA King, BE Smith, IM Howat… - Science, 2008 - science.org
It has been widely hypothesized that a warmer climate in Greenland would increase the
volume of lubricating surface meltwater reaching the ice-bedrock interface, accelerating ice …

Changes in ice front position on Greenland's outlet glaciers from 1992 to 2007

T Moon, I Joughin - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies in Greenland show that retreat of tidewater glaciers may be linked to recent
increases in ice loss, raising Greenland's contribution to sea level rise. We examined ice …