North Atlantic warming and the retreat of Greenland's outlet glaciers

F Straneo, P Heimbach - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet quadrupled over the past two decades, contributing
a quarter of the observed global sea-level rise. Increased submarine melting is thought to …

Climate trends in the Arctic as observed from space

JC Comiso, DK Hall - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is a region in transformation. Warming in the region has been amplified, as
expected from ice‐albedo feedback effects, with the rate of warming observed to be∼ …

Polar regions

MP Meredith, M Sommerkorn… - The ocean and …, 2019 - research.monash.edu
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Atmospheric river impacts on Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance

KS Mattingly, TL Mote, X Fettweis - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) mass loss has accelerated since the turn of the twenty‐
first century. Several recent episodes of rapid GrIS ablation coincided with intense moisture …

Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland ice sheet

LC Smith, VW Chu, K Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Thermally incised meltwater channels that flow each summer across melt-prone surfaces of
the Greenland ice sheet have received little direct study. We use high-resolution WorldView …

Polar regions. chapter 3, ipcc special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Meredith, M Sommerkorn, S Cassotta, C Derksen… - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Time‐variable gravity observations of ice sheet mass balance: Precision and limitations of the GRACE satellite data

I Velicogna, J Wahr - Geophysical Research Letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐variable gravity data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
mission have been available since 2002 to estimate the mass balance of the Greenland and …

Greenland ice sheet hydrology: A review

VW Chu - Progress in Physical Geography, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) hydrology is essential for evaluating response of
ice dynamics to a warming climate and future contributions to global sea level rise. Recently …

Contribution of light-absorbing impurities in snow to Greenland's darkening since 2009

M Dumont, E Brun, G Picard, M Michou, Q Libois… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The surface energy balance and mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet depends on the
albedo of snow, which governs the amount of solar energy that is absorbed. The observed …

Ice sheet model intercomparison project (ISMIP6) contribution to CMIP6

SMJ Nowicki, A Payne, E Larour… - Geoscientific model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
Reducing the uncertainty in the past, present, and future contribution of ice sheets to sea-
level change requires a coordinated effort between the climate and glaciology communities …